A Hive Split, and a ReQueening questions two fold......

[TapStoneBees]

Greetings Beekeepers,

Thanks for taking the time to answer in advance.   

So I am here in the Upper Delaware River Valley, we are having an amazing abundance of golden rod right now, and asters too.  The weather has been beautiful, and lots of things are still in bloom, even in my garden.

I ordered a new queen last week, thinking I could requeen a weak hive.  Today I went to the hive, and found it full of wax moth and larvae.  So that hive is kaput!!!  There were only about  200 bees hanging on, with no queen, I think I had a laying worker.  I moved the hive away from the location it was in...... there was no honey, little pollen and no brood.  I shook off alll the bees, and left the equipment in the sun.  Awaiting further instruction from seasoned bee keepers. 

So now, I have a Queen, who needs a home.  Is it too late to split a hive?  I have a very strong hive close by to the other one.  I wanted to know what is the best way to split, and introduce the new queen.  I don't want her to have arrived all for nothing, so your ideas and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Also, what do I do with the infected hive body and frames.  I have been using the styrofoam hive boxes, with plastic frames, how should I handle this.  I really would like to know.  I do have a wooden hive, with black plastic frames that I was saving for next season.  Should I go ahead and just use that one? 


I was also planning on starting my Fumigilin and apilife-VAR later on this week, though If I split the hive, can I start that immediately.

I would greatly appreciate the feedback.  Thank you, everyone is always so incredibly helpful!!

have a Great Day,
JT

[Michael Bush]

It's pretty late to expect a nuc to build up enough to winter.  But you could put the queen in a small nuc just to have a spare queen around and combine when it gets a bit colder.  You only need a frame of brood and a frame of honey and a small nuc with a small entrance.