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- Number of Hives
- 9
Well, after commenting recently here that I couldn't find the black queen in my very defensive colony, praise be I finally came across her today and took the opportunity to dispatch her. They are nuts so glad she's gone.
I'd love some advice please on what my options are now given that it's the 22nd August. It's a single colony on double brood (sadly she was a super layer). It's in an isolated location but it's a small area in a dip so hard to move a nuc more than 2 metres away at a push. Loads of bees, lots of frames with brood. Could I divide this into 2 or even 3 and introduce new mated queens? I have 2 other garden-type sites but given as the bees are so fiesty, is moving advisable? I mainly have Buckfasts but seem to remember reading that it's harder to requeen blacks with these. What would you do? I'm a fan of using press-in cages to requeen.
I'd love some advice please on what my options are now given that it's the 22nd August. It's a single colony on double brood (sadly she was a super layer). It's in an isolated location but it's a small area in a dip so hard to move a nuc more than 2 metres away at a push. Loads of bees, lots of frames with brood. Could I divide this into 2 or even 3 and introduce new mated queens? I have 2 other garden-type sites but given as the bees are so fiesty, is moving advisable? I mainly have Buckfasts but seem to remember reading that it's harder to requeen blacks with these. What would you do? I'm a fan of using press-in cages to requeen.