- Joined
- May 7, 2016
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- Location
- Co. Armagh
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5
A hypothetical question...
I have a brood box and a super on one hive.
BB and super are fairly full, but only a few sealed brood left in BB (as the new Queen has just emerged and not laying yet). The old brood areas are being filled up with stores.
Anyway... I was just wondering what would happen if the colony didn’t have much room left in the hive? Surely as there’s no eggs being laid, they obviously can’t create any QC’s, and therefore can’t swarm?
If that’s correct, what do they do in the meantime? Stop foraging?
I have a brood box and a super on one hive.
BB and super are fairly full, but only a few sealed brood left in BB (as the new Queen has just emerged and not laying yet). The old brood areas are being filled up with stores.
Anyway... I was just wondering what would happen if the colony didn’t have much room left in the hive? Surely as there’s no eggs being laid, they obviously can’t create any QC’s, and therefore can’t swarm?
If that’s correct, what do they do in the meantime? Stop foraging?