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Hi
Just notice a very similar thread but we are a bit later in the year now.
I have two hives, and I am absolute beginner from last year.
First real inspection today after winter. One hive is absolutely with bursting bees with frame after frame of freshly capped brood and eggs/lave.
The other hive has a lot less bees, still a reasonable amount but nothing like the other. There is absolutely no capped bread and only random bits of drone brood. Not sure how long they have been without a queen but there does seem to still be quite a lot bees so don’t think it has been too long.
I placed a frame of eggs/brood from my full hive into this hive but then an hour later I decided to order a mated queen.
Two questions,
1. As they are hopelessly queeenless and I have now ordered a queen, I take it should remove that frame quickly as I don’t want them started to build their own queen? Although will the extra capped brood help?
2. Was I right to order a new queen?
Thanks
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Just notice a very similar thread but we are a bit later in the year now.
I have two hives, and I am absolute beginner from last year.
First real inspection today after winter. One hive is absolutely with bursting bees with frame after frame of freshly capped brood and eggs/lave.
The other hive has a lot less bees, still a reasonable amount but nothing like the other. There is absolutely no capped bread and only random bits of drone brood. Not sure how long they have been without a queen but there does seem to still be quite a lot bees so don’t think it has been too long.
I placed a frame of eggs/brood from my full hive into this hive but then an hour later I decided to order a mated queen.
Two questions,
1. As they are hopelessly queeenless and I have now ordered a queen, I take it should remove that frame quickly as I don’t want them started to build their own queen? Although will the extra capped brood help?
2. Was I right to order a new queen?
Thanks
Using WBC 14x12