re queening nuc. releasing bees

[stoneleighhouse]

Requeened nuc Today
Hive plugged when do I release bees?
Thanks for advice

James

 

[Beeline]

Not sure why you plugged it in the first place. Less flying bees about when you do the intro the better IMO.

 

[Bates]

I agree, allowing the older bees to be out of the hive foraging during the introduction will help acceptance. Younger bees are more likely to take to a new queen.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Not sure why you plugged it in the first place. Less flying bees about when you do the intro the better IMO.

Unless you're talking of a newly made up nuc kept in the same apiary as the 'mother hive' ? in which case the entrance should be plugged with fresh grass and they should release themselves in a day or so.

 

[stoneleighhouse]

Thanks Jenkins precisely so
Thanks again 4 advice
James

 

[Arfermo]

Unless you're talking of a newly made up nuc kept in the same apiary as the 'mother hive' ? in which case the entrance should be plugged with fresh grass and they should release themselves in a day or so.

Exactly right. Afraid Beeline and Bates lost the plot. Even if they take longer than suggested, just leave alone - unles you think that they will run out of stores in which case put on a feeder -contact or rapid whichever fits under the roof best.

 

[Beeline]

Exactly right. Afraid Beeline and Bates lost the plot. Even if they take longer than suggested, just leave alone - unles you think that they will run out of stores in which case put on a feeder -contact or rapid whichever fits under the roof best.

Arfermo - would help if people put more info in their original post so we don't have to second guess.

 

[oliver90owner]

Afraid Beeline and Bates lost the plot.

Don' think so. Read the OP properly; it definitely says requeening a nuc in the body of the text - yes, that means it had a queen which has been replaced? My apologies if I've not read it correctly, but I am not bad at reading what it actually says and not what someone thinks it says.

Unfortunately the OP seems to have hedged their bets with the title saying 'about queening'.