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Just an update on my hives I thought might be queen less. One hive did not make it through the winter, but the other did. I fed sugar by the five pound bag untill the weather warmed. Last week I installed some sugar water to see if the queen would lay. I believe I got that tip from Walt (thanks). Went to check today and there is brood!! Haven't seen that since July! From the many wonderful resposes I got form my first post I think I should have feed sugar water at the end of the summer as the weather dryed out and we didn't get our second necter flow. I think it would have kept her laying and set up better stores for winter?? What do y'all think?
The brood was laid in the upper super so per another poster suggestion I smoked them real well and several bees went down to the brood box and then I installed the queen seperator. We shall see next week if this worked. Could I have just put the top super on the bottom and the brood super on top (swapped them)? Wasn't sure if that was a good idea. What do y'all think?
Thanks so much for helping me out this winter. I'm so excited they have a queen! Also very good advice to order a package as I will be needing it now!
K
The brood was laid in the upper super so per another poster suggestion I smoked them real well and several bees went down to the brood box and then I installed the queen seperator. We shall see next week if this worked. Could I have just put the top super on the bottom and the brood super on top (swapped them)? Wasn't sure if that was a good idea. What do y'all think?
Thanks so much for helping me out this winter. I'm so excited they have a queen! Also very good advice to order a package as I will be needing it now!
K