MandF
Drone Bee
- Joined
- Oct 28, 2009
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- Location
- London, UK
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2
Original hive = Q-, 1 frame of brood, couple of semi drawn frames of foundation, lots of foragers (this was my original AS). 3 supers. QCs charged on brood frame.
PolyNuc = 6 frames, queen from above hive which swarmed after the AS.
Once the nuc has been moved to the original hive;
Remove supers, move 5 frames incl 3 occupied frames out of the original hive into another nuc.
Transfer polynuc frames into hive.
Reassemble with supers on top.
Option 1: leave new nuc to raise new queen.
Option 2: after swarm has settled in, place the brood frame back into the original hive (with nurse bees).
As long as the swarm accept the many incoming foragers to the original location (who are their sisters, but not that this matters) I think this is the easiest way to reunite these 2 (because there is only 1 brood frame in the Q- hive).
Non-sarcastic/pedantic/gloating/superior replies only please or else I will get all birdcage again.
PolyNuc = 6 frames, queen from above hive which swarmed after the AS.
Once the nuc has been moved to the original hive;
Remove supers, move 5 frames incl 3 occupied frames out of the original hive into another nuc.
Transfer polynuc frames into hive.
Reassemble with supers on top.
Option 1: leave new nuc to raise new queen.
Option 2: after swarm has settled in, place the brood frame back into the original hive (with nurse bees).
As long as the swarm accept the many incoming foragers to the original location (who are their sisters, but not that this matters) I think this is the easiest way to reunite these 2 (because there is only 1 brood frame in the Q- hive).
Non-sarcastic/pedantic/gloating/superior replies only please or else I will get all birdcage again.