jbr
New Bee
- Joined
- May 31, 2009
- Messages
- 51
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- Location
- North Linconlshire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 1
I did an artificial swarm about 5 weeks ago, the old queen was seen 4 weeks ago but not since, no eggs either. I reunited both halves of the swarm at this point assuming a new queen would be raised and mated. This did not go to plan and I had the hive with no queen in for 4 weeks. I ordered a new queen as soon as I knew the hive was queenless, but it has taken until today to be sent.
Question: Can I add the queen in the normal way or is there a better way, bearing in mind that they have been queenless for so long (4 weeks).
Question: Can I add the queen in the normal way or is there a better way, bearing in mind that they have been queenless for so long (4 weeks).