PhilN
New Bee
- Joined
- Jun 10, 2020
- Messages
- 50
- Reaction score
- 21
- Location
- Hampshire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 3
Hi, I continue to soldier on with a real mish mash of hives which, once things have settled down, I hope to rationalise. The issue I currently have is a hive that I think has a ‘late’ mated Virgin queen. I’ve now got a really nice brood pattern... but there are very few nurse and foraging bees left to support the new brood- down to only two or three seams of bees in a 14x12. Should I bump them all in to a small nuc or can I steal bees from a worker drone laying hive I’ve got (which is due to be shaken out anyway)? I’ve got a couple of colonies that I could potentially steal worker bees from to support this hive but don’t know if and how it could be done.
Thanks (one day I hope to be able to give rather than ask for advice!)
P
Thanks (one day I hope to be able to give rather than ask for advice!)
P