I HAVE A HIVE THAT IS QUEENLESS I THINK. IT HAD QUEEN CELLS FOR A WHILE AND THEY HATCHED BUT STILL NO EGGS LAYING AFTER ABOUT A MONTH. DO YOU THINK I SHOULD RE-QUEEN NOW OR WAIT. IF I DO I THINK I WOULD MOVE HIVE DOWN A BIT AND SET UP NEW HIVE WITH CAPPED BROOD FROM ANOTHER HIVE AND SOME UNCAPPED BROOD. WITH 2-3 FRAMES OF BEES FROM OLD HIVE AND INSTALL NEW QUEEN. AFTER QUEEN IS RELEASED FOR A FEW DAYS I WILL THEN INSPECT & PAPER THE OLD HIVE BACK TO IT'S ORIGINAL LOCATION WITH NEW HIVE. DOES THIS SOUND LOGICAL? I HAVE TRIED IN THE PAST TO INSTALL NEW QUEENS WITH LITTLE SUCESS. I THOUGHT BY THE MOVING AND CONFUSION THAT THEY MAY ACCEPT HER THIS WAY. ANY COMMENTS? TOM
>IT HAD QUEEN CELLS FOR A WHILE AND THEY HATCHED BUT STILL NO EGGS LAYING AFTER ABOUT A MONTH.
A month after what? A month after it went queenless? That's normal. A month after the queen emerged? That's probably too long.
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