wondervet
House Bee
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- Aug 8, 2010
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- Location
- west yorkshire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 6
first time we've done this so would appreciate reassurance.
new queen resulting from AS split mid-April. Hatched 25th Apr. we want to use her to re-queen a big horrible colony of followers/serial stingers. was planning to do this as a newspaper hive uniting job.
first question: is she good to go as soon as confirm egg laying? Or should we give her more time? need to re-queen the bad lot is pressing.
second question: the bad girls are in a double brood jam packed with brood and bees and 2 supers. nice new queen in single brood box with dregs of old queen's offspring. I have read people saying newspaper technique 'never' fails but this is going to be a bit of a mismatch size-wise. still OK? Does it matter which colony goes on top?
words of wisdom/correction much appreciated.
Roger
new queen resulting from AS split mid-April. Hatched 25th Apr. we want to use her to re-queen a big horrible colony of followers/serial stingers. was planning to do this as a newspaper hive uniting job.
first question: is she good to go as soon as confirm egg laying? Or should we give her more time? need to re-queen the bad lot is pressing.
second question: the bad girls are in a double brood jam packed with brood and bees and 2 supers. nice new queen in single brood box with dregs of old queen's offspring. I have read people saying newspaper technique 'never' fails but this is going to be a bit of a mismatch size-wise. still OK? Does it matter which colony goes on top?
words of wisdom/correction much appreciated.
Roger