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    How to keep queens in cages till weather improves

    Thank you all for your suggestions! Who knows, it might be sunny and calm! If not, I can keep them safe till wednesday.
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    How to keep queens in cages till weather improves

    I'm expecting 2 new queens tomorrow ( post permitting ). The weather forecast for tomorrow is atrocious, much better on Wednesday. I know about giving them some water, but where should I put them overnight in their cages? Warm kitchen in a box? Hopefully then on Wednesday one would be introduced...
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    Aggressive Bees

    I have the same problem. I find it helps to cover supers when you remove them to inspect the brood box, then using cloths on both ends of the brood box and moving them as you go to give access to 1 frame at a time.
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    Requeening agressive split

    Definitely something to remember next time! Thank you!
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    Requeening agressive split

    Ok - thanks again!
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    Requeening agressive split

    I agree. I had no problems for the first 4 seasons. Last year they were not so pleasant to inspect but not attacking passers by. This year - I dread opening this this hive in particular, and this week was so worried that they might sting people. The weather has not been good after Thursday so...
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    Requeening agressive split

    Can I ask why you suggest requeening both boxes rather than requeening after combining? I was hoping for a reasonable summer honey harvest from them - on a new, safe site. Also, I did have other plans for the second new queen - but need to choose the most sensible option so totally flexible really.
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    Requeening agressive split

    I extracted a full super from the queenless box yesterday and returned it for cleaning! They also have another nearly full uncapped super. As the numbers in the box will be diminishing when all brood has emerged I suppose I need to remove them?
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    Requeening agressive split

    Great idea - will do! I have three supers that were extracted yesterday. Thank you again!
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    Requeening agressive split

    I know of a safe site for both boxes. Only problem - it's only about 500 yards away from original site! Not ideal I know. Would it work if we moved them late evening then closed the entrance for 24 hours. Forecast not too warm here next few days. Any returning bees would be shaken back in front...
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    Requeening agressive split

    Thank you for your quick replies! I'm hoping these new queens will be here soon, but at the moment I don't know - a few days or a couple of weeks? In the meantime I have the queen in the nuc - so I think I'll have to risk her with the horrible foragers! Sorry for not being clearer - they are...
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    Requeening agressive split

    I would be very grateful for some advice. I found charged queencells in a hive 9 days ago. As this is a rather agressive colony and I could not find the queen I smoked the top brood box ( half brood ) and reasoned (correctly as it turned out) that she might well move down in to the bottom BB. I...
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