Ambodach
New Bee
- Joined
- May 30, 2011
- Messages
- 41
- Reaction score
- 3
- Location
- Nr Edinburgh
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 1
I have two hives, one works well but has a queen that should be passed her sell by date next spring, and the other has a younger queen but she's lazy, or she produces lazy bees, as the brood area is never well filled and I get about half the yield of the good hive.
How do I address this ? Both hives are easy to work bees so I am wary about buying in queens, and would prefer to force supercedure. Neither hive produced queen cells over the past two years.
Rob
How do I address this ? Both hives are easy to work bees so I am wary about buying in queens, and would prefer to force supercedure. Neither hive produced queen cells over the past two years.
Rob