moby
House Bee
- Joined
- Sep 20, 2010
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- Location
- Yorkshire
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 5
I have a colony which I am waiting for the queen to start laying it has been 5/6 weeks since I did an AS, all the cells are empty and look polished, there is capped honey in the super and very occasionally/seldom i see workers carrying in pollen, I am going to put a test frame in to see if the colony is queen right but
My questions are -
Is it too late in the season for a colony to produce an emergency queen and have her mated in time for autumn ?
If colony is queenless is it better to unite now with a nuc or wait for the above?
My questions are -
Is it too late in the season for a colony to produce an emergency queen and have her mated in time for autumn ?
If colony is queenless is it better to unite now with a nuc or wait for the above?