Combining Hives using Newspaper. Lots of fighting and dead bees

[jenkinsbrynmair]

so no real reason then

 

[Curly green finger's]

it doesn't

.

 

[Penninetrader]

I have previously used some baking paper taped together, seemed to work ok

 

[Garry R]

Single broadsheet or two tabloid overlapping?

Washington Post!! They expressed no opinion as regards which goes on top although there's no guarantees that there isn't any trouble when the final result is realised. (I am talking about bees)

 

[Penninetrader]

Washington Post!! They expressed no opinion as regards which goes on top although there's no guarantees that there isn't any trouble when the final result is realised. (I am talking about bees)

Well that is not a source to be relied upon .

 

[Erichalfbee]

Single broadsheet or two tabloid overlapping?

Private Eye

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Private Eye

about the only publication that holds these buggers to account

 

[ericbeaumont]

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It might.

 

[ericbeaumont]

unless the overlap is very tightly stretched bees will crawl through any gap they can.

Meeting too early = fighting.

perforate a few holes in the newspaper

Counter productive (as above).

 

[drdrday]

What isn't good is to have paper flapping outside

Oh dear, I've been doing it all wrong then!!
Must have just been lucky to never have a newspaper unite fail

 

[Erichalfbee]

Oh dear, I've been doing it all wrong then!!
Must have just been lucky to never have a newspaper unite fail

But it looks SO untidy!

 

[ericbeaumont]

newspaper unite fail

Late one summer the newspaper was intact after a week; I didn't believe them, so took it away and put the boxes together. All went well.

 

[Curly green finger's]

It might.

Yeap even just opening a hive bees will have heads in cells .
I’ve used sugar water spray to unite fiesty colony’s before

 

[Curly green finger's]

A mate of mine dribbles honey over the seems queen+ on top no paper then Unites.