- Joined
- Feb 23, 2015
- Messages
- 815
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- Location
- Louth, Ireland
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 9
I checked my AS hives today. One of them has a little stores and drone cells scattered across the comb. I couldn't see the queen (if any) and didn't see any eggs. Is it safe to try to reunite this with the original hive?
The other hive has no stores, but is absolutely packed with bees - I had to give it a super to contain them. However there were no eggs. I presume the correct approach is a frame of BIAS and feed them - if they start with queen cells, I think I'll just reunite with the original. Does that make sense?
Note that the two original hives are healthy with plenty of brood and stores although neither has started to fill the super yet.
The other hive has no stores, but is absolutely packed with bees - I had to give it a super to contain them. However there were no eggs. I presume the correct approach is a frame of BIAS and feed them - if they start with queen cells, I think I'll just reunite with the original. Does that make sense?
Note that the two original hives are healthy with plenty of brood and stores although neither has started to fill the super yet.