uniting a swarm

[buzzgrr]

I wonder how long before I could unite a swarm I collected with a queenless hive

 

[Poly Hive]

Instantly but.................. are you SURE the unit is queenless?

PH

 

[buzzgrr]

I have not seen any eggs or larvea for weeks. I did add a queen cell from somebody elses hive but it appears the bees destroyed it.

 

[HollyBee]

As a new beekeeper of only a year I am sure someone will correct me but if the bees have destroyed the QC you put in there it sounds like you have a Queen. Could she be a virgin Queen which hasn't started laying. If so she can take a good long time to start laying.

 

[buzzgrr]

The hive was a swarm that seem to split on the next day where part of the swarm went away and the other bit stayed behind. So that is a swarm that swarmed again spliting itself again. This swarm came from one of my hives so it did have a queen.

 

[enrico]

If you are right then unite when you won't. Queen right on top through paper is the way I prefer