Queen taken from hive during split by accident

Started by Miss Bee Haven Bee Farm, June 11, 2009, 07:53:11 PM

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Miss Bee Haven Bee Farm

I raise honey bees and queens and I have looked here for this answer to this question but did not see one. I do splits from a 2 brood box (20 frames) parent hive to a 5 frame Nuc once the nuc raises a queen I let the queen start laying for a few weeks and transfer them to a 10 frame hive.
Now here is the question I did a split and accidentily transferd the queen to the Nuc and after about 4 days I noticed the nuc had fresh eggs laid so I looked and found the queen from the parent hive, If I put the queen straight back into the parent hive (after being gone 4 days) will they reject her and kill her or will they accept her back immediatly? For safety I put her in a queen cage with a candy plug. I have never made this mistake before and was wondering.
Rodney Moore
Member of NC Beeekeepers Assoc.
Member of Mecklenburg County BeeKeepers Assoc.

doak

The bees in the parent hive will most likely kill her. They have already started rearing a new queen.
I would leave her in the nuc and you will have a strong nuc. Just add one frame of capped brood for a booster.
Nuc's should not be used to rear queens, not enough nurse bees. The nuc is used for a mating house for a new Virgin queen. Hope this helps. :)doak.