Finman
Queen Bee
- Joined
- Nov 8, 2008
- Messages
- 27,887
- Reaction score
- 2,024
- Location
- Finland, Helsinki
- Hive Type
- Langstroth
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Swarm get most or foragers from hive when swarm leaves. The rest are nurser bees and too youg to forage.
Later, before new bees emerge after 3-4 weeks, half of bees have died.
The nuc has brood but it has no other bee power to enlarge the hive. The progress is slow.
When you get a swarm, put them draw first foundations. The swarm fever will go away. It takes one week.
If you have a nuc, it s good to join it with swarm, and soon you will have a good foraging hive.
The system is same if you have false swarm and the rest brood hive. Join them to get honey. = Brood + nurser bees + foragers.
Without brood hive's power will collapse soon.
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Swarm get most or foragers from hive when swarm leaves. The rest are nurser bees and too youg to forage.
Later, before new bees emerge after 3-4 weeks, half of bees have died.
The nuc has brood but it has no other bee power to enlarge the hive. The progress is slow.
When you get a swarm, put them draw first foundations. The swarm fever will go away. It takes one week.
If you have a nuc, it s good to join it with swarm, and soon you will have a good foraging hive.
The system is same if you have false swarm and the rest brood hive. Join them to get honey. = Brood + nurser bees + foragers.
Without brood hive's power will collapse soon.
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