rayt
New Bee
- Joined
- Apr 8, 2014
- Messages
- 34
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- Location
- suffolk
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2
Gives a prime swarm Thursday eve. Despite being boxed up for a few hours and the fine rain during the transfer they seemed ok.
Plenty of flying Friday afternoon and today.
Set up is national brood box,full 11 frames with foundation and dummy board. Not feeding them. I have a QE over the enterance and a board over the omf to make it solid to encourage them to stay.
Plan is to take a quick peek Sunday to check they are drawing foundation or should I leave it a bit longer?
The queen is unmarked, at what point would it be advisable to attempt to mark her?
Plenty of flying Friday afternoon and today.
Set up is national brood box,full 11 frames with foundation and dummy board. Not feeding them. I have a QE over the enterance and a board over the omf to make it solid to encourage them to stay.
Plan is to take a quick peek Sunday to check they are drawing foundation or should I leave it a bit longer?
The queen is unmarked, at what point would it be advisable to attempt to mark her?