Looking for advice on re-queening a hive.

[Andrew0101]

Hi,

I'd carried out swarm control on 2 of my hives by removing the queen to a nuc box, then making sure there was only 1 queen cell remaining in the original hive. It looks like neither of the new queens in the original hives have mated successfully - potentially due to the poor weather up here in central Scotland? My question is this, is it too late to try and re-queen these two hives by taking a frame of eggs from another hive?

Any advice much appreciated.

 

[Ian123]

Should be fine….but bees rarely leave themselves queenless

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

when did you remove the queens from the hives?
Were the QCs open or capped when you did the split?

 

[Andrew0101]

Removed the queens 4 weeks ago and the QC's were open.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Removed the queens 4 weeks ago and the QC's were open

Then you are a bit premature in expecting the new queens to be mated, relax, it's early days yet

 

[Andrew0101]

Thank you.

 

[Andrew0101]

Just wanted to reiterate my thanks, checked the hives this morning and both fine. Will try to be more patient in future.

 

[fizzle]

I'm in the same situation, no sign of brood or queen, filling every frame with nectar, time will tell...

 

[Andrew0101]

I'm in the same situation, no sign of brood or queen, filling every frame with nectar, time will tell...

Good luck, hopefully being patient works for you too.

 

[fizzle]

Good luck, hopefully being patient works for you too.

It's been a disaster. Weather has played its part. It was cold and wet when queens hatched, they didn't stand a chance.