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I did an AS on june 25th and to cut a long inept bad beekeeping story short I obviously missed queen cells in the old hive. They swarmed this morning as I watched. There may be some good news though. I cut two balls of bees out of the neighbouring trees and each is now in a cardboard box. Another clump remains entwined round a small hazel tree trunk so I have put a nuc box with frames sprayed with lemongrass oil next to it.
How do I know if I managed to get the queen? There surely couldn't have been three!! Did I box them too soon, would they have come together if I left them.
God, I feel such a useless wally. I KNEW something was up yesterday. There were a lot of bees in the air.
Any advice on how to proceed? I have a nuc box and a top bar hive empty.
My mentor is not reachable.
I looked in the old hive and there are a sparse three frames of bees and I caught sight of a skinny queen running about quickly on the top. I nudged her gently back in between the frames and closed up.
How do I know if I managed to get the queen? There surely couldn't have been three!! Did I box them too soon, would they have come together if I left them.
God, I feel such a useless wally. I KNEW something was up yesterday. There were a lot of bees in the air.
Any advice on how to proceed? I have a nuc box and a top bar hive empty.
My mentor is not reachable.
I looked in the old hive and there are a sparse three frames of bees and I caught sight of a skinny queen running about quickly on the top. I nudged her gently back in between the frames and closed up.
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