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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: daniel on May 25, 2008, 02:57:25 PM

Title: New nuc
Post by: daniel on May 25, 2008, 02:57:25 PM
 I have a very weak hive. Only a few bees left in it. The Queen is there but has stopped laying.  A neighbor Beekeeper dropped off a three frame nuc this morning. My question is after I get rid of the queen can I introduce the nuc right away or do they need to be queenless for a couple hours and will the few bees left from the original queen except the new queen in the nuc. Thanks Dan
Title: Re: New nuc
Post by: Michael Bush on May 25, 2008, 03:06:52 PM
Queenless a couple of hours will improve acceptance considerably.