Tremyfro
Queen Bee
- Joined
- May 19, 2014
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- Location
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Hive Type
- Beehaus
- Number of Hives
- Possibly...5 and a bit...depends on the bees.
Last week we caught a small swarm...covered about 3 seams. I didn't think we got the queen as they were all over the front of the nuc by the evening.
So we scooped them up and put them in the nuc and carried them to the Bee Yard. The next day we let them out and they seemed happy enough...quiet. I still felt unsure so I put a frame which had eggs in it in with them.
Today....a week later there are quite a few queen cells on the frame.
So what do I do??
Logic tells me that there are not enough bees/stores for them to swarm....but bees are capricious wee beasties....
So do I reduce the number of cells to one likely one or just wait it out and let them decide....whether the first virgin out kills the rest or takes off into the wild blue yonder?
Not met up with this one before.
So we scooped them up and put them in the nuc and carried them to the Bee Yard. The next day we let them out and they seemed happy enough...quiet. I still felt unsure so I put a frame which had eggs in it in with them.
Today....a week later there are quite a few queen cells on the frame.
So what do I do??
Logic tells me that there are not enough bees/stores for them to swarm....but bees are capricious wee beasties....
So do I reduce the number of cells to one likely one or just wait it out and let them decide....whether the first virgin out kills the rest or takes off into the wild blue yonder?
Not met up with this one before.