Dan Job
New Bee
All,
I inspected today and discovered what I think was a failed prime swarm.
No queen seen, no eggs, capped queen cells.
There were masses of bees and I'm pretty sure the parent queen was clipped. I thinned QC's to one and as a precaution took a three frame split inc. QC with a shake of bees off an extra two frames into a poly nuc. Left on different location at same apiary so flyers will return.
Any comments or advice for dealing with a similar situation in the future?
Thanks
Dan
I inspected today and discovered what I think was a failed prime swarm.
No queen seen, no eggs, capped queen cells.
There were masses of bees and I'm pretty sure the parent queen was clipped. I thinned QC's to one and as a precaution took a three frame split inc. QC with a shake of bees off an extra two frames into a poly nuc. Left on different location at same apiary so flyers will return.
Any comments or advice for dealing with a similar situation in the future?
Thanks
Dan