Uniting a Nuc with a Queenless Colony

[gwt_uk]

Hello all,

Am waiting for couple of Virgin queens to be mated. Will be checking to see if they have been successful this weekend. If they haven’t I may buy in new queens but to save some cash I was thinking I could unite a Nuc (made 3 weeks ago) with a Queenless colony?

I was thinking of transferring the Nuc into full size BB then using the newspaper method to unite with one of the queenless colonies. Would this be suitable?

 

[Erichalfbee]

Yes. I’m doing two on Saturday just the same way I’m dummying the full size box down and uniting through a couple of supers

 

[gwt_uk]

Yes. I’m doing two on Saturday just the same way I’m dummying the full size box down and uniting through a couple of supers

Thanks - should the queenless colony go on top or bottom?

 

[Erichalfbee]

Doesn’t matter. In my opinion I feel the queen is safer in the top so considering the disparity in colony size my nucs are going on top.

 

[gwt_uk]

Doesn’t matter. In my opinion I feel the queen is safer in the top so considering the disparity in colony size my nucs are going on top.

Perfect thank you.