stramorebees
New Bee
- Joined
- Aug 18, 2010
- Messages
- 22
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- Location
- Ireland
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5
Hi all. I'm looking for some advice please. I have one national hive that swarmed on me yesterday. I checked the hive the day before and had several Queen cups with eggs, but no full queen cells. I had previously marked & clipped the queen, so they only managed to swarm onto a near by tree. I caught the swarm this morning & found the queen, but unfortunately she has died. My plan was to make up a nuke, but because I have no current Queen, I have just put the bees back on the original site withe the full brood box.
I am fairly new to beekeeping, so I'm not sure what to do next. Should I just leave them to it for a week or so & see if they rear a new Queen? & what stage do I make swarm prevention on the new Queen?
Thanks for your help
I am fairly new to beekeeping, so I'm not sure what to do next. Should I just leave them to it for a week or so & see if they rear a new Queen? & what stage do I make swarm prevention on the new Queen?
Thanks for your help