Lost a hive

Jbyrd485 · April 21, 2019, 04:41:37 PM

Hey y?all about 2 weeks ago I caught a swarm. Today I found that they left but there are 2 frames of brood and honey. Will they hatch out and let me put a queen cell with them or should I put those frames in another box?

BeeMaster2 · April 21, 2019, 04:50:10 PM

Either put it in another hive or add a lot of bees and brood and a queen to create a new hive.
Jim Altmiller

ed/La. · April 21, 2019, 08:24:23 PM

Depends on how cold your nights were after bees left. I would give them to another hive to keep them warm or they will clean out the dead brood.

saltybluegrass · April 21, 2019, 08:31:47 PM

Seems every abandonment brood comb I?ve had was dead larvae spilling out followed by maggots

Jbyrd485 · April 21, 2019, 09:14:00 PM

I believe I?ll add it to another box. Thank y?all for your help.

BeeMaster2 · April 21, 2019, 10:25:45 PM

Quote from: saltybluegrass on April 21, 2019, 08:31:47 PM
Seems every abandonment brood comb I?ve had was dead larvae spilling out followed by maggots

The maggots are SHB larvae.
Jim Altmiller

Acebird · April 22, 2019, 09:36:00 AM

Quote from: Jbyrd485 on April 21, 2019, 04:41:37 PM
Today I found that they left but there are 2 frames of brood and honey.

That seems odd to me. I would want to know if the brood is healthy before I did any combination or added resources.

CoolBees · April 22, 2019, 05:09:57 PM

Quote from: Acebird on April 22, 2019, 09:36:00 AM
Quote from: Jbyrd485 on April 21, 2019, 04:41:37 PM
Today I found that they left but there are 2 frames of brood and honey.

That seems odd to me. I would want to know if the brood is healthy before I did any combination or added resources.

Thats seems like good advise to me. I'd be checking some brood before adding them elsewhere.