I had a hive that had some supersidure cells in it so I thought I would do a split. Took a frame with two queen cells, a frame of honey, two frames of brood and some bees and put them into a nuc. A good number of bees drifted back to the original hive. 2 days later robbing stated. I checked the queen cells, both have emerged but no sign of queens and few bees, alot of dead on the bottom of the hive. Will the bees from other hives kill the queen when robbing? If so what should I do now? Thanks in advance, David
Quote from: troutstalker2 on July 10, 2009, 08:07:52 PM
I had a hive that had some supersidure cells in it so I thought I would do a split. Took a frame with two queen cells, a frame of honey, two frames of brood and some bees and put them into a nuc. a good number of bees drifted back to the original hive. 2 days later robbing stated. I checked the queen cells, both have emerged but no sign of queens and few bees, alot of dead on the bottom of the hive. Will the bees from other hives kill the queen when robbing? If so what should I do now? Thanks in advance, David
If you have about two or three pounds of bees still there,introduce a queen. Next time you do a split,do it like this.Check this bee school out.
http://www.schoolnet.net.sb/courses/beekeeping1.0/topic_thirteen__splitting_a_hive.html
http://saulcreekapiary.com/Hive%20Split.htm