RogerJ
New Bee
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- Mar 3, 2015
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- Herefordshire
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- Number of Hives
- 5
I've just done my first AS - I couldn't find the queen to begin with so I used the method in the Haynes Manual for swarm control without finding queen (although I did subsequently spot her during the "dumping" process). I have two questions:
1) The manual suggest that when you remove the top brood box after 24 hours that it is placed at 90deg. to the original. Is this necessary or is it just that it should be a metre plus away and facing a different direction - but not as much as 90deg.?
2) I found one what appeared to be sealed queen cell (must have missed it a week ago when I did an inspection) and also what looked like an unsealed QC with a larvae in the bottom. If I have misjudged what is going on and one of these QCs don't deliver what is the next step? Is it best to buy in a queen rather than relying on the bees to produce one?
Thanks in advance.
1) The manual suggest that when you remove the top brood box after 24 hours that it is placed at 90deg. to the original. Is this necessary or is it just that it should be a metre plus away and facing a different direction - but not as much as 90deg.?
2) I found one what appeared to be sealed queen cell (must have missed it a week ago when I did an inspection) and also what looked like an unsealed QC with a larvae in the bottom. If I have misjudged what is going on and one of these QCs don't deliver what is the next step? Is it best to buy in a queen rather than relying on the bees to produce one?
Thanks in advance.