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- Location
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- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- Too many - but not nearly enough
the colony is already weak and the bees are old and on their last legs, I should think it would be a while before thre are sufficient drones out there for a decent mating. You are just wasting good bees on an outside chance. one doomed to failure IMHO
What is that going to achieve?If that is not a good idea then how about get a few bees from the good colony and unite them with the bad colony?
Why not? they are not bad anyway, just doomed, by uniting them you are giving the 'good' colony a temporary boost at the time they need it most.I don't want to unite the entire bad colony with a good colony.