Spare queen

[JonnyPicklechin]

I purchased a queen to introduce to a split but have elected allow the split to rear its own queen.

Can i make another split and use the new purchased queen in a NUC? I used the Pagden artificial swarm (cushmans method 2 where i left the queen in the moved parent colony) and want to watch the new hive and try to control a single QC to development.

Now i purchased the queen i am keen to do something with her. I have 2 more spare floors and brood boxes...

Suggestions welcomed.



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[B+.]

Suggestions welcomed.

Whatever you do, do it quickly. A queen isn't like a tin of beans that you can leave sitting on the shelf until you decide you want it.

If you have queenless bees with no open brood, they'll almost certainly accept your queen. Put her under a push-in cage (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oYzD_u2Yos)

 

[JonnyPicklechin]

Thanks...she arrives tomorrow so all ok.

So how about i pop a frame of comb, capped brood, stores and honey in a Nuc with some nurse bees? Then intro the queen via the cage?

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[Beefriendly]

Go for it...
Suggest make up nuc, leave an hour then add queen in cage. Leave for 2/3 days before releasing.