- Joined
- Apr 10, 2018
- Messages
- 47
- Reaction score
- 23
- Location
- Lancashire Pennines windy and wet
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 8
I have been keeping bees for a few years but only now feel I am beginning to understand that it is as much craft as science .
I have a prolific colony (double brood one of which is deep and 4 supers and still stuffed with bees but still not seen any sign of swarm preparation) I added a brood on top (almost need a step ladder) and....nothing just nurse bees helping as usual no qc's (two attempts) so I tried moving a frame of eggs from this hive plus an @insurance@ frame of bias from another hive with BIAS and a couple of frames of sealed brood plus extra bees to a nuc hoping to harvest queen cells I wanted to try incubating....after 4 days again nothing no emergency queen cells ..........any suggestions please!
I have a prolific colony (double brood one of which is deep and 4 supers and still stuffed with bees but still not seen any sign of swarm preparation) I added a brood on top (almost need a step ladder) and....nothing just nurse bees helping as usual no qc's (two attempts) so I tried moving a frame of eggs from this hive plus an @insurance@ frame of bias from another hive with BIAS and a couple of frames of sealed brood plus extra bees to a nuc hoping to harvest queen cells I wanted to try incubating....after 4 days again nothing no emergency queen cells ..........any suggestions please!