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Hive splitting with no new queens.........

mountainman_bc
17 years ago

I have split my two hives, as I am moving two to another yard tomorrow and figured it was worth a try, still early in the season here.

No new queens, so I have two now queenless. I have left them in the original positions, the queened hives are in the back of my truck for easy moving first thing tomorrow AM. Many of the bees have left my truck-hives, gone back to the queenless hives.

I don't care if the queened hives are weaker- but I am worried for the rest of the day today bees will continue leaving the queened hives and diminish numbers too low to keep the brood happy.

Will the queen fly back too? There are eggs and capped brood, drone cells in all 4 hives.

I should have done this in the morning then moved immediately but it's too late now.

Thanks for any help.

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