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House Bee
- Joined
- Mar 26, 2014
- Messages
- 307
- Reaction score
- 1
- Location
- Midlands
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 7
I have a bit of a dilemma. I have 7 hives, 3 of which are as follows:-
1) weak poly Nuc, poorly mated queen on 2-3 frames.
2) National hive, bees on 3-4 frames. Space closed down with insulation. Queen a bit slow but picking up gradually.
3) national hive, brood on 8-9 frames, queen laying like a train but bees are a bit aggressive. I could put up with their aggressiveness for now, but need to act if they get worse.
My dilemma is that I have a new queen arriving tomorrow. She was purchased to replace queen in H1, but I was just wandering what others would do in terms of re queening or combining. Aim is to optimise honey production.
1) weak poly Nuc, poorly mated queen on 2-3 frames.
2) National hive, bees on 3-4 frames. Space closed down with insulation. Queen a bit slow but picking up gradually.
3) national hive, brood on 8-9 frames, queen laying like a train but bees are a bit aggressive. I could put up with their aggressiveness for now, but need to act if they get worse.
My dilemma is that I have a new queen arriving tomorrow. She was purchased to replace queen in H1, but I was just wandering what others would do in terms of re queening or combining. Aim is to optimise honey production.