rickyd20
New Bee
I have a queenless hive from a split i made a about a month and a half ago. On both occasions, when I gave them frames of open brood, the queens that emerged did not seem to make it back from their mating flights or did not emerge. Either way the hive is queenless and the bees that are present are all at least 30 days old.
My question is, should I just combine this hive with another one or is it possible for me to introduce a mated queen, and still allow the bees enough time to build up enough winter bees to survive the winter?
My drones seemed to have been booted out, since I could not see any during my inspection today, so giving them another frame of eggs is not an option.
The reason I have left this so late is that I have been out of the country for the last month, and was hoping there would be a laying queen when I returned yesterday. The queen cells that were present would have emerged around the 6th August, which is almost exactly a month.
I'm sure this is a common dilemma, but with it already being September I just wanted to ask, as hopefully some of you have had the same problem.
My question is, should I just combine this hive with another one or is it possible for me to introduce a mated queen, and still allow the bees enough time to build up enough winter bees to survive the winter?
My drones seemed to have been booted out, since I could not see any during my inspection today, so giving them another frame of eggs is not an option.
The reason I have left this so late is that I have been out of the country for the last month, and was hoping there would be a laying queen when I returned yesterday. The queen cells that were present would have emerged around the 6th August, which is almost exactly a month.
I'm sure this is a common dilemma, but with it already being September I just wanted to ask, as hopefully some of you have had the same problem.
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