Checked my East hive today. They killed the queen I put in last week.
I knew I'd be taking a big chance when I did it. I still have a second queen from Bee weaver. This time I'll move the hive a distance from the apiary,and remove all the bees, then install the queen. I hate to lose all them bees. Is there any way I can make use of them? How would they react if I put them into a differant hive?
>They killed the queen I put in last week. I knew I'd be taking a big chance when I did it.
Is this a laying worker hive? Why is it a big chance?
>I still have a second queen from Bee weaver. This time I'll move the hive a distance from the apiary,and remove all the bees, then install the queen.
If it's a laying worker, that might work, but usually doesn't.
>I hate to lose all them bees. Is there any way I can make use of them?
Sure. Assuming a laying worker hive, shake them out on the ground and give all the combs to your other hives and let them all drift wherever they want.
>How would they react if I put them into a differant hive?
Carnage and destruction. Unless you do a newspaper combine. Again, assuming laying workers, they still might kill the queen in the queenright hive. Personally, I'd remove all their equipment and then shake them out.
OOps Ummm. If there is a laying worker and you place some brood into that hive, will they make a queen and keep her or should I dump the hive hoping to rid it of the misguided worker?
>OOps Ummm. If there is a laying worker and you place some brood into that hive, will they make a queen and keep her
Not usually.
> or should I dump the hive hoping to rid it of the misguided worker?
That's what I'd do. It will save you a lot of frustration and a lot of dead queens.