- Joined
- Feb 4, 2020
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- Location
- Scotland
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 8
So I split my one hive in May, moved the old queen with brood and stores to a new nuc (i’ll call this hive OQ) and the old colony (i’ll call NQ) raised a queen which I heard piping so I know she hatched and I made sure there was only one cell, that was 2 weeks ago. The NQ colony has been bringing in lots of nectar and pollen and I was concerned the brood box would be honey bound due to the amazing smell and fanning at the entrance, so I did a quick check. Most is full of nectar and part capped honey, no eggs yet so i’ve let them have another brood box above so queen can lay if she’s mated, but concerned maybe she’s not but will leave a week. Weather been consistently good this month.
Into OQ hive, plan to do a quick inspection today, I can see from the tray the hive has a bad chalk brood issue. Damp isn’t an issue and have fed them but it’s not clearing up. I have a new queen arriving this week so will re-queen this hive. I was planning on keeping the old queen for now and moving to a new out apiary I have, just as a back up.
This is only my second year and I feel there is a lot going on and I want to get it right, what would you do, anything different?
Into OQ hive, plan to do a quick inspection today, I can see from the tray the hive has a bad chalk brood issue. Damp isn’t an issue and have fed them but it’s not clearing up. I have a new queen arriving this week so will re-queen this hive. I was planning on keeping the old queen for now and moving to a new out apiary I have, just as a back up.
This is only my second year and I feel there is a lot going on and I want to get it right, what would you do, anything different?