Michelleoscar
New Bee
Wanted general consensus as to what/how to swap Queens.
I have 1 hive with a 3 year old queen who I want to swap out with a 2023 buckfast I've recent bought and introduced into a nuc. Nuc and hive are next to each other...the nuc is a split from the hive last month. Both doing well. I don't want to kill the old queen as she's still producing edge to edge brood frames and they are of good temprement so want to try and breed her daughters soon.
Main hive is my crop hive so don't want to disturb it but want the buckfast in there. And the nuc is mainly. For donating brood etc as I only want 1 hive.
Any ideas how to do this?
I have 1 hive with a 3 year old queen who I want to swap out with a 2023 buckfast I've recent bought and introduced into a nuc. Nuc and hive are next to each other...the nuc is a split from the hive last month. Both doing well. I don't want to kill the old queen as she's still producing edge to edge brood frames and they are of good temprement so want to try and breed her daughters soon.
Main hive is my crop hive so don't want to disturb it but want the buckfast in there. And the nuc is mainly. For donating brood etc as I only want 1 hive.
Any ideas how to do this?