Bait hives

[Trailerman]

Hi
I lost my bees over winter,
I've used the used brood frames which are full of stores in 1 nuc box and 2 hives .there's a lot of interest by visiting bees , are they on scouting trips or just robbing the stores.

 

[Murox]

Hi
I lost my bees over winter,
I've used the used brood frames which are full of stores in 1 nuc box and 2 hives .there's a lot of interest by visiting bees , are they on scouting trips or just robbing the stores.

Could be either - but robbing most likely - you do realise the huge potential for spreading disease by leaving out stores from a deceased colony ?

 

[Cuckmere couple]

Hi
I lost my bees over winter,
I've used the used brood frames which are full of stores in 1 nuc box and 2 hives .there's a lot of interest by visiting bees , are they on scouting trips or just robbing the stores.

advice is usually that you should use an old but empty comb to attract a swarm rather than stores for lots of reasons including encouraging robbing and spreading disease

i should leave an old empty comb and remove the rest

 

[Trailerman]

advice is usually that you should use an old but empty comb to attract a swarm rather than stores for lots of reasons including encouraging robbing and spreading disease

i should leave an old empty comb and remove the rest

Thanks

 

[Trailerman]

Could be either - but robbing most likely - you do realise the huge potential for spreading disease by leaving out stores from a deceased colony ?

Thanks for the advice , I put them in a bag in the freezer so I thought they would be sterile