Insy
House Bee
- Joined
- May 23, 2011
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- Location
- Essex
- Hive Type
- Commercial
- Number of Hives
- Only I know :D :D
Hello,
Well basically my main hive was swarming, 2 splits later and a new mated queen introduced the swarming is down to 0 queen cells or maybe 1-2 charged on a weekly inspection which is far better than the 15+ i was getting.
Both splits i did i left with queen cells from main hive, Split 2 had a lot of trouble i think the virgin got killed at some point so i had to reintroduce another brood frame of fresh eggs.
Split 1 is in a Swienty Poly Standard Lang setup currently on 1 brood box (10 frames) the bee count is very very low now BUT the new 2013 virgin queen which is mated is no a mission and the 7 out of 10 frames that are drawn out are pretty much side to side/top to bottom jammed with brood in all stages and each week I'm finding more frames drawn out. This hive I'm not worried about as once brood emerges they will be strong.
My main concern is Split 2.
Split 2 was made in may and on inspection last week i finally saw 4-5 frames of eggs (fingers crossed its not drone layer). Anyway the hive is pretty old and battered (does the job and they seem to be okay) but the brood frames were all 2-3+ drawn year old brood frames as the split was small and i needed to help them out so instead of drawing out new frames i gave them something for a kick start.
Now i have 2 perfect new Poly Lang nucs upstairs with fresh frames made ready to go, if i stacked the nuc brood on top of each other this nuc can hold 12 standard brood frames.
My question is it to late in the year to do this.
Transfer 3 Converted National Frames of Brood to Poly Nuc
Transfer Bees + Queen to Poly Nuc
Place 3 Fresh Lang Frames in Poly Nuc
-----Wait for New Frames To Be Drawn-----
Place second 6 frame Poly Nuc Brood on top
----- Wait for them to be drawn out-----
Remove 3 converted frames and replace with Fresh Lang Frames.
-----Overwinter on a nice 12 frame Poly Nuc with fresh frames for next season-----
Can this be achieved this late, I don't care about removing honey this season from any of the splits i just want to get them ready for winter and next season.
Sorry for my backwards way of beekeeping .
Well basically my main hive was swarming, 2 splits later and a new mated queen introduced the swarming is down to 0 queen cells or maybe 1-2 charged on a weekly inspection which is far better than the 15+ i was getting.
Both splits i did i left with queen cells from main hive, Split 2 had a lot of trouble i think the virgin got killed at some point so i had to reintroduce another brood frame of fresh eggs.
Split 1 is in a Swienty Poly Standard Lang setup currently on 1 brood box (10 frames) the bee count is very very low now BUT the new 2013 virgin queen which is mated is no a mission and the 7 out of 10 frames that are drawn out are pretty much side to side/top to bottom jammed with brood in all stages and each week I'm finding more frames drawn out. This hive I'm not worried about as once brood emerges they will be strong.
My main concern is Split 2.
Split 2 was made in may and on inspection last week i finally saw 4-5 frames of eggs (fingers crossed its not drone layer). Anyway the hive is pretty old and battered (does the job and they seem to be okay) but the brood frames were all 2-3+ drawn year old brood frames as the split was small and i needed to help them out so instead of drawing out new frames i gave them something for a kick start.
Now i have 2 perfect new Poly Lang nucs upstairs with fresh frames made ready to go, if i stacked the nuc brood on top of each other this nuc can hold 12 standard brood frames.
My question is it to late in the year to do this.
Transfer 3 Converted National Frames of Brood to Poly Nuc
Transfer Bees + Queen to Poly Nuc
Place 3 Fresh Lang Frames in Poly Nuc
-----Wait for New Frames To Be Drawn-----
Place second 6 frame Poly Nuc Brood on top
----- Wait for them to be drawn out-----
Remove 3 converted frames and replace with Fresh Lang Frames.
-----Overwinter on a nice 12 frame Poly Nuc with fresh frames for next season-----
Can this be achieved this late, I don't care about removing honey this season from any of the splits i just want to get them ready for winter and next season.
Sorry for my backwards way of beekeeping .
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