Beanwood
House Bee
- Joined
- Sep 11, 2011
- Messages
- 331
- Reaction score
- 1
- Location
- Just North of Bristol
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 5 - 8
I have a 14x12 brood box, with too few bees no queen and no brood.
Four feet away (1 hive in between and facing a different direction) is a 14x12 nuc with a queen that I want to merge.
Can anyone confirm, best time of day would be the evening?
The Nuc doen't have a removable base. IF I use the air freshener method, can I just drop the frames and bees from the nuc into the full size box?
How would the bees I'm moving know which hive to return too? Would stuffing the entrance with grass work?
Thanks as always...
Four feet away (1 hive in between and facing a different direction) is a 14x12 nuc with a queen that I want to merge.
Can anyone confirm, best time of day would be the evening?
The Nuc doen't have a removable base. IF I use the air freshener method, can I just drop the frames and bees from the nuc into the full size box?
How would the bees I'm moving know which hive to return too? Would stuffing the entrance with grass work?
Thanks as always...