Ivor Kemp
House Bee
- Joined
- Jul 12, 2010
- Messages
- 228
- Reaction score
- 0
- Location
- Poole, Dorset
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 4
Can't work out what I'm doing wrong!
Going by the book in uniting colonies:
Two sheets of newspaper under a QE at lunchtime on top of the stronger hive with four needle holes in them. Leave alone with roof on.
Put the weaker hive on just before dusk. Put a roof on.
Three times, after three or four days undisturbed, the result is the same.
Hundreds of dead and dying fighting bees on the ground outside the front of the hive!
Going by the book in uniting colonies:
Two sheets of newspaper under a QE at lunchtime on top of the stronger hive with four needle holes in them. Leave alone with roof on.
Put the weaker hive on just before dusk. Put a roof on.
Three times, after three or four days undisturbed, the result is the same.
Hundreds of dead and dying fighting bees on the ground outside the front of the hive!