OursonAnglaise
New Bee
- Joined
- May 15, 2015
- Messages
- 91
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- Location
- Haute Garonne, France
- Hive Type
- Langstroth
- Number of Hives
- 2
At the end of this year I have 2 hives going into winter. 1 is strong the other is weak. I am thinking about combining the two hives if I can find the queen in the weaker colony. Please bear in mind that although it is Autumn it is still warm in my part of the world so I don't think it's too late to be doing these manipulations.
My questions are:
1. Should I combine now or on the Spring?
2. If now, should I place the weaker colony onto the stronger one or vice versa or doesn't it matter? At the moment the weaker colony is in the place I would like to maintain the combined colony going forward, so I woul be placing the stronger colony on top of the weaker one if this will work.
Thanks in advance for your responses.
My questions are:
1. Should I combine now or on the Spring?
2. If now, should I place the weaker colony onto the stronger one or vice versa or doesn't it matter? At the moment the weaker colony is in the place I would like to maintain the combined colony going forward, so I woul be placing the stronger colony on top of the weaker one if this will work.
Thanks in advance for your responses.