So, I split my hive around the 6th of March. I checkerboarded the big hive, broke up the brrod nest a bit as they were REALLY strong. I made a Nuc, and put 4 frames in it from the other hive with various stages Larvae, some already capped and ready to hatch. I checked on them last week, and they looked strong. There were 8 queen cups with Larvae in the Nuc, so I took a frame from them that had 3 cups and made up another Nuc, and added some frames and bees again from the big hive. The big hive is still really strong BTW. They have already filled out the foundation and the queen is laying eggs in all 6 frames that were pulled. Anyway, I checked my Nucs today and it looks like the first Nuc has 2 queen cells now, and a third that is close to being sealed. The 2nd Nuc, which is about 8 days behind the 1st, doesnt look like they have made much movement on the cups that were in there. The Larvae is still in royal Jelly, but they havent sealed any. They also looked hungry, i saw no nectar yet, but they are bringing in Pollen heavily, so I gave them another frame from the big hive today that had capped honey and again, larvae in different stages.....
Ok now to my question: Should I or would you cut out one of the queen cells and place it in Nuc 2? Like I said, they have 3, 2 which are already sealed....OR, leavem them alone and let them finish making their own queen. Advice appreciated please...this is my first split...
http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn270/devildog108/Bees/Queen Cells/
Ok now to my question: Should I or would you cut out one of the queen cells and place it in Nuc 2? Like I said, they have 3, 2 which are already sealed....OR, leavem them alone and let them finish making their own queen. Advice appreciated please...this is my first split...
http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn270/devildog108/Bees/Queen Cells/