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Hive splitting with no new queens.........
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Posted by mountainman_bc z6 Canada (My Page) on Sun, Apr 16, 06 at 19:04
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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RE: Hive splitting with no new queens.........
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- Posted by ccrb1 z5 IND (My Page) on
Sun, Apr 16, 06 at 19:48
| Laying queens really do not fly at all. And the solution to too many of the field force flying by to the queenless hive in the original location was to move the queenright hives immediately 5 miles away. I suspect however, you'll be all right, and if you left eggs in the queenless hives, you'll have a virgin queen from each, come out and try to mate in a few weeks. |
RE: Hive splitting with no new queens.........
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- Posted by ccrb1 z5 IND (My Page) on
Sun, Apr 23, 06 at 21:16
| The only thing I'll add is you can speed things up if you encourage the growth of queen cells. I've read it, but I've not actually done it. This year may be the first year for me. Then, when you make a split, you can put in a queen cell, and have a virgin queen pop out within a few days. |
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