Questions

[The Poot in Somerset]

I have two calm and gentle colonies, which are both quite small - 3 & 4 frames of brood.
A third is already 7 frames in the BB and also laying in the half brood, but feisty from a swarm last year.

If I take frames of brood from the feisties to strengthen the others, also as swarm prevention, will the gentle queens calm their feistiness? Or will I just end up with three feisty colonies?

Also, can wet extracted supers kept overwinter, introduce fermenting honey to the hive? And if so would it matter?

Thanks in anticipation....

 

[Erichalfbee]

The first four supers I’m taking to the apiary tomorrow are all a little aromatic. The bees deal with it perfectly ok. They are cleaned up before any honey is put in.

 

[enrico]

I understand that the queen's will calm the fiesty bees. The flying bees will obviously return to the old hive so you will be left with eggs, larvae and nurse bees. Or are you going to shake all the bees off?
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[jeff33]

Or you could squash your feisty queen and unite with one of the calm colony?

 

[The Poot in Somerset]

No, I was thinking I could carry out swarm control of the feisties by effectively doing a split whilst boosting the weaker colonies. But I wouldn't if it would make the weaker ones feisty as a result.
I was thinking of shaking the bees off in the process and just transfer brood.

 

[Swarm]

No, I was thinking I could carry out swarm control of the feisties by effectively doing a split whilst boosting the weaker colonies. But I wouldn't if it would make the weaker ones feisty as a result.
I was thinking of shaking the bees off in the process and just transfer brood.

Take the sealed brood to boost your others while at the same time weakening the feisty lot until you decide what to do with them.