weak hive and a swarm

Started by filmmlif, April 15, 2007, 11:42:39 PM

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filmmlif

i have a weak hive that has maybe 3 pounds of bees in it. what would happen if i dumped a strong swarm into the hive? would the strongest queen win and would i double the number of bees in the colony? has anyone tried this?

Understudy

Do a newspaper combine and take one of the queens and some of the bees and put them in a small nuc.

Sincerely,
Brendhan
The status is not quo. The world is a mess and I just need to rule it. Dr. Horrible

filmmlif

i added the swarm to the weak hive and this morning it was violent at the hive opening! so many dead bees...i won't be doing that again!

Understudy

Did you do a newspaper combine?
Did you have two entrances one on top and one on the bottom?

Or did you just put them together with one entrance?

Sincerely,
Brendhan
The status is not quo. The world is a mess and I just need to rule it. Dr. Horrible