aberreef
Field Bee
- Joined
- Apr 22, 2010
- Messages
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- Location
- Mid Glamorgan
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5 hives + 3 nucs
Two of my hives have become quite aggressive and non-productive. They expanded fairly quickly earlier in the year then slowed to an almost standstill. Plenty of bees, just not doing a lot.
I have a 2 year old queen in a nuc from Swarm control a few weeks back but only on 2 frames atm. The traits of this queen are almost perfect though.
My idea is to kill one of the bad queens and unite to the other and later on unite this lot to the queen in the nuc. Would this be a good idea?
Of my other 3 hives, 1 is very productive atm and filling their second super, 1 has just been Demaree'd (not sure if this is working correctly though) and the other has a virgin queen. Also one nuc with virgin queen.
Any other suggestions would be welcome too
Thanks
Huw
I have a 2 year old queen in a nuc from Swarm control a few weeks back but only on 2 frames atm. The traits of this queen are almost perfect though.
My idea is to kill one of the bad queens and unite to the other and later on unite this lot to the queen in the nuc. Would this be a good idea?
Of my other 3 hives, 1 is very productive atm and filling their second super, 1 has just been Demaree'd (not sure if this is working correctly though) and the other has a virgin queen. Also one nuc with virgin queen.
Any other suggestions would be welcome too
Thanks
Huw