Red Bee
House Bee
Hello
Need some advice please, I have a colony which was the Q- part of an A/S & left with a Q cell to produce a new Q. After 3-4 weeks no new Q, I happened to have another Q cell from another colony which I transplanted into this Q- colony. Again nothing happened so bought a Q which they have taken to. Now my problem is after all these weeks Q- they have jammed the brood frames with honey & pollen. The Q has been in for about two weeks with no sign of the stores being moved, so minimal space for Q to lay. What I have done so far is take two frames out stuffed with stores & spun them out in the extracter, to be placed back in the hive for the Q to lay in. With winter coming I'm worried about there not being enough space to create bees for winter. I was thinking about putting a drawn super on the B/B for the Q to get going on with. Any other ideas??
Thanks.
Need some advice please, I have a colony which was the Q- part of an A/S & left with a Q cell to produce a new Q. After 3-4 weeks no new Q, I happened to have another Q cell from another colony which I transplanted into this Q- colony. Again nothing happened so bought a Q which they have taken to. Now my problem is after all these weeks Q- they have jammed the brood frames with honey & pollen. The Q has been in for about two weeks with no sign of the stores being moved, so minimal space for Q to lay. What I have done so far is take two frames out stuffed with stores & spun them out in the extracter, to be placed back in the hive for the Q to lay in. With winter coming I'm worried about there not being enough space to create bees for winter. I was thinking about putting a drawn super on the B/B for the Q to get going on with. Any other ideas??
Thanks.