stramorebees
New Bee
- Joined
- Aug 18, 2010
- Messages
- 22
- Reaction score
- 0
- Location
- Ireland
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5
Hi all. I think I have caused carnage today at a hive! I performed an AS in mid April. All went well, but very bad weather stopped the queen form being mated.
I spoke to a few beeks & they said that I should probably reunite the hives. I had a liik through the original hive (where the fresh frames & original queen was, & she is laying away, but only really working on 3 frames. The other hive has no brood at all & no virgin queen can be seen anywhere.
I used the news paper methid to join the 2 hives & hopefully make 1 strong colony. All went ok until I closed the hive & the flying bees tried to enter the hive. The gard bees didn't accept the incoming bees & they killed each other at the enterance.
I smoked the hive & blew icing sugar through the varroa floor, thinking this would calm them down. I don't think theres as much fighting now, but I feel like I have done something majorly worng!
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I spoke to a few beeks & they said that I should probably reunite the hives. I had a liik through the original hive (where the fresh frames & original queen was, & she is laying away, but only really working on 3 frames. The other hive has no brood at all & no virgin queen can be seen anywhere.
I used the news paper methid to join the 2 hives & hopefully make 1 strong colony. All went ok until I closed the hive & the flying bees tried to enter the hive. The gard bees didn't accept the incoming bees & they killed each other at the enterance.
I smoked the hive & blew icing sugar through the varroa floor, thinking this would calm them down. I don't think theres as much fighting now, but I feel like I have done something majorly worng!
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.