Neil
New Bee
- Joined
- Mar 21, 2009
- Messages
- 74
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- Location
- Merseyside
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 30+
Hi all,
I have united a nuc with one of my queenless colonies by using the paper method above two supers. The bees have only just started drawing the foundation out in the supers. I have put the 5 frame nuc with a laying queen in a spare brood box and placed this on top of the supers with the newspaper in-between. Is it ok to do for ease or should I have put the new brood box with the queen in it at the bottom and put the queenless colony above? Does it matter which way around? The queen can’t lay eggs in the supers as the foundation isn’t drawn out yet. Advice would be appreciated.
Cheers All
I have united a nuc with one of my queenless colonies by using the paper method above two supers. The bees have only just started drawing the foundation out in the supers. I have put the 5 frame nuc with a laying queen in a spare brood box and placed this on top of the supers with the newspaper in-between. Is it ok to do for ease or should I have put the new brood box with the queen in it at the bottom and put the queenless colony above? Does it matter which way around? The queen can’t lay eggs in the supers as the foundation isn’t drawn out yet. Advice would be appreciated.
Cheers All