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My last inspection was about a month ago where I noticed the girls had run out of space. Having only one deep, as that's all they could support with the dearth we had here, I added another box.
I did another inspection today and found that both boxes were full, the kind of full to where you can't see the bars through all the bees. Just about every bar was full of bee bread and all stages of brood.
I also found...queen cells...or let me clarify for you who are going to ask...queen cups...they were all near the bottom of the hive where several had larvae in them and others had day old eggs in them. The ones with larvae were already being extended into full queen cells.
So in my readings I've learned that if the cell is at the bottom of the frame, they are swarm cells, correct?
If I'm to split the hive into another, how would you go about this? Give 4 frames? One with a queen cell, some brood, bee bread and honey?
How many splits could I do?
Checkerboard split? (every other)
What happens if a queen hatches in the hive where the current queen resides? ...I've never been very good at finding the queen.
Thanks in advance.
I did another inspection today and found that both boxes were full, the kind of full to where you can't see the bars through all the bees. Just about every bar was full of bee bread and all stages of brood.
I also found...queen cells...or let me clarify for you who are going to ask...queen cups...they were all near the bottom of the hive where several had larvae in them and others had day old eggs in them. The ones with larvae were already being extended into full queen cells.
So in my readings I've learned that if the cell is at the bottom of the frame, they are swarm cells, correct?
If I'm to split the hive into another, how would you go about this? Give 4 frames? One with a queen cell, some brood, bee bread and honey?
How many splits could I do?
Checkerboard split? (every other)
What happens if a queen hatches in the hive where the current queen resides? ...I've never been very good at finding the queen.
Thanks in advance.