is there any other kind?making my beesuit dirty
so no QCs, so not swarming. Or should Wally Shaw change the title of his book to 'there are drones in my hive - what should I do?'slabs of brood, lots of drones and play cups all over the place
Pre-emptive split. Catch them before they go into full swarm mode.so no QCs, so not swarming. Or should Wally Shaw change the title of his book to 'there are drones in my hive - what should I do?'
Doh!OA vaped the two nucs and hive in the out apiary and also had a new queen fly off! Wouldn’t normally poke around but they keep making charged QCs despite a new queen so only went in to knock them down. First frame gently out and she’s off!
Hung around for a bit and closed up very slowly so crossed fingers she returns…
One of the home hives was gearing up to swarm with slabs of brood, lots of drones and play cups all over the place so queenie has been split away into a nuc.
Just waiting for OH to ask why hive numbers are increasing again!
I can't seem to see any evidence they are anywhere near about to swarm, or do you just split every colony as soon as they start building up 'just in case?'Pre-emptive split. Catch them before they go into full swarm mode.
No QC's and , slabs of broods and lots of drones !!!OA vaped the two nucs and hive in the out apiary and also had a new queen fly off! Wouldn’t normally poke around but they keep making charged QCs despite a new queen so only went in to knock them down. First frame gently out and she’s off!
Hung around for a bit and closed up very slowly so crossed fingers she returns…
One of the home hives was gearing up to swarm with slabs of brood, lots of drones and play cups all over the place so queenie has been split away into a nuc.
Just waiting for OH to ask why hive numbers are increasing again!
it seems that people have conflated presence of drones to be a sign of swarming on this forum now.Drones are not a precursor to swarming
Loads of drone brood in my colonies - there usually is .. but not a single queen cell. I agree presence of drones (particularly at this time of year) has little bearing on the colonies desire to swarm ... drones are just the natural order of things in beekeeping - the colony's desire to see it's genes passed on (good or bad !).it seems that people have conflated presence of drones to be a sign of swarming on this forum now.
Finman always use to say two weeks before charges queen cells was the time frameNo QC's and , slabs of broods and lots of drones !!!
A prime candidate for a Demeree and a large foraging force for a good flow waiting.
Drones are not a precursor to swarming , otherwise colonies would swarm every other week. The only precursor is a charged QC.
Can you try that sentence again please ? Two weeks before what ?Finman always use to say two weeks before charges queen cells was the time frame
time frame for what?Finman always use to say two weeks before charges queen cells was the time frame
A pre-emptive split? Not sure how you’d know you were two weeks before they were about to charge a cell though…time frame for what?
If you listen carefully at the wall of the hive with a stethoscope you can hear the committee shouting 'CHARGE ....!'A pre-emptive split? Not sure how you’d know you were two weeks before they were about to charge a cell though…
As long as they don’t all charge at meIf you listen carefully at the wall of the hive with a stethoscope you can hear the committee shouting 'CHARGE ....!'
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