Luka22
House Bee
Hi,
I have another beginners question and hope for some help from you guys.
If you have multiple hives and some colonies are very strong with a full super on and some others rather weak, could you take some super frames out from the strong one and swap it with some empty ones from the weak ones or would the weak colony refuse the already filled super frame because it might have a different smell on it?
After our 2 hives split multiple times (yes, bad swarm management), we now sit there with 2 stronger ones and 6 rather small colonies, which are still growing but slow in storing honey. We don't expect any honey for us, but would hope that every colony got at least 1 super for the winter in the end. Is it possible to have the 2 stronger ones working for the others?
I have another beginners question and hope for some help from you guys.
If you have multiple hives and some colonies are very strong with a full super on and some others rather weak, could you take some super frames out from the strong one and swap it with some empty ones from the weak ones or would the weak colony refuse the already filled super frame because it might have a different smell on it?
After our 2 hives split multiple times (yes, bad swarm management), we now sit there with 2 stronger ones and 6 rather small colonies, which are still growing but slow in storing honey. We don't expect any honey for us, but would hope that every colony got at least 1 super for the winter in the end. Is it possible to have the 2 stronger ones working for the others?