Beagle23
House Bee
- Joined
- Jan 18, 2017
- Messages
- 344
- Reaction score
- 39
- Location
- Chessington
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 3
I carried out a split on Monday and have been rewarded with a newly hatched queen.
Of the bees present in the new NUC, some are engaged in foraging, others in domestic chores. There's a healthy mix of brood, pollen and honey stores. My one concern is the number of bees. I shook in several hundred but of this number all but 100-200 have returned to the original hive.
So the numbers are a bit thin and I'm concerned that the new queen may be in danger if I add more bees.
Thoughts please
Of the bees present in the new NUC, some are engaged in foraging, others in domestic chores. There's a healthy mix of brood, pollen and honey stores. My one concern is the number of bees. I shook in several hundred but of this number all but 100-200 have returned to the original hive.
So the numbers are a bit thin and I'm concerned that the new queen may be in danger if I add more bees.
Thoughts please