swhitehurst
New Bee
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About a month ago I noticed there was no queen in the hive ( young queen in nuc I'd bought this year) but plenty of bees and several queen cells and plenty of space in the broood box. I reduced the queen cells to two , however they swarmed a few days later.
I collected the swarm, to a nuc box and fed them sugar.
The original hive had 4 full frames of bees but no larvea or eggs that i could see , so after a week I added a frame of young larvae from another hive... A week later theyd cleaned that frame and still no larvae.
I have now bought a queen but today I see no larvea other than three queen cells which have larvea.
Should I put t he queen into the old hive ,after removing any queen cells OR should i put the queen in the swarm , which just has a lot of honey and some pollen in four frames of bees?
Wondering what is going on
Many thanks Steve
I collected the swarm, to a nuc box and fed them sugar.
The original hive had 4 full frames of bees but no larvea or eggs that i could see , so after a week I added a frame of young larvae from another hive... A week later theyd cleaned that frame and still no larvae.
I have now bought a queen but today I see no larvea other than three queen cells which have larvea.
Should I put t he queen into the old hive ,after removing any queen cells OR should i put the queen in the swarm , which just has a lot of honey and some pollen in four frames of bees?
Wondering what is going on
Many thanks Steve