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New Bee
- Joined
- Jul 26, 2011
- Messages
- 76
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- Location
- London
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 4
Did an inspection this morning and found 5 or 6 dead bees on the OMF in the hive. The Colony is a swarm from the beginning of June, and is on 4 or 5 frames in a National, and seems a bit weak( Full size hive with dummy board). I saw the queen today for the first time and managed to mark her.
My other hive is from an over wintered nuc and is going well.
1. Is it that the swarm needs more time to build up
2. I know that 5 or 6 bees in the scheme of things is not much, but I am worried the bees can't be bothered, indicating another problem
3. There seems to be enough stores and have seen larvae and sealed brood.
4. The bees are a bit grumpy compared to the nuc, is it worth re queening this hive
Regards
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My other hive is from an over wintered nuc and is going well.
1. Is it that the swarm needs more time to build up
2. I know that 5 or 6 bees in the scheme of things is not much, but I am worried the bees can't be bothered, indicating another problem
3. There seems to be enough stores and have seen larvae and sealed brood.
4. The bees are a bit grumpy compared to the nuc, is it worth re queening this hive
Regards
Agg