sbisme
House Bee
- Joined
- Jun 12, 2014
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- Location
- Stafford UK
- Hive Type
- WBC
- Number of Hives
- 4
About 5 weeks ago during an inspection I noticed one of my hives the queen had all but stopped laying and was very lethargic, I left alone and inspected again a week later to find two supercedure cells so I closed up and left them to it.
Today I inspected and found a nice plump queen who had just started laying (eggs seen) but no other brood, bees covering 9 frames so quiet a strong hive.
My question is should I leave them to it and hope the queen goes into overdrive and produces enough brood to see them through the winter or should I make a Nuc with the queen and half the bees then combine the others with another hive?
Today I inspected and found a nice plump queen who had just started laying (eggs seen) but no other brood, bees covering 9 frames so quiet a strong hive.
My question is should I leave them to it and hope the queen goes into overdrive and produces enough brood to see them through the winter or should I make a Nuc with the queen and half the bees then combine the others with another hive?