Hi guys,
Not sure if this is the right idea
So i'm thinking of splitting my hive to give me back up for winter.
My colony was a swarm given to me and they have done really well the brood box is full up with eggs, capped brood etc and so many bees.
As I don't know how old the queen is I was thinking of removing her with a frame of capped brood and bees into a nuc, letting hive produce a new queen, if this fails to work I was thinking I could reunite old queen and bees back.
It is getting quite late into the Yr that's main worry for a new queen to mate etc
Not sure if this is the right idea
So i'm thinking of splitting my hive to give me back up for winter.
My colony was a swarm given to me and they have done really well the brood box is full up with eggs, capped brood etc and so many bees.
As I don't know how old the queen is I was thinking of removing her with a frame of capped brood and bees into a nuc, letting hive produce a new queen, if this fails to work I was thinking I could reunite old queen and bees back.
It is getting quite late into the Yr that's main worry for a new queen to mate etc