whynothot
New Bee
- Joined
- Jul 8, 2012
- Messages
- 27
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- Location
- Crosshands, Carmarthenshire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2
Three of my hives became queenless, mainly down to my fiddling.
One of the hives developed drone layers, the other two didnt. Despite several attempts to get them to raise QCs from frames of BIAS, didnt have any luck.
So on 1st August, introduced three new queens. On checking today, only one of the Qs has settled in and started laying. No sign of the other two Qs, so I suspect they have been killed off (?)
The drone laying hive, despite dumping the bees on the ground a mile away and cleaning out the hive, still has drone layers so not surprised I lost the Q. Cant see any point in trying to requeen this hive again so will just leave it die off, unless someone has a better idea.
The second hive also has no sign of the new Q. Given that I suspect the bees killed off the new Q, is there any point trying with another new Q. Or could I try combining this hive with a good hive (newspaper method) or are the bees just likely to kill off the Q in the other hive?
Or should I just leave both Q- hives die off given the time of year (not something I want to do if possible). Any point trying to introduce new Qs again?
Any advice appreciated..
One of the hives developed drone layers, the other two didnt. Despite several attempts to get them to raise QCs from frames of BIAS, didnt have any luck.
So on 1st August, introduced three new queens. On checking today, only one of the Qs has settled in and started laying. No sign of the other two Qs, so I suspect they have been killed off (?)
The drone laying hive, despite dumping the bees on the ground a mile away and cleaning out the hive, still has drone layers so not surprised I lost the Q. Cant see any point in trying to requeen this hive again so will just leave it die off, unless someone has a better idea.
The second hive also has no sign of the new Q. Given that I suspect the bees killed off the new Q, is there any point trying with another new Q. Or could I try combining this hive with a good hive (newspaper method) or are the bees just likely to kill off the Q in the other hive?
Or should I just leave both Q- hives die off given the time of year (not something I want to do if possible). Any point trying to introduce new Qs again?
Any advice appreciated..