sukis-dad
New Bee
Hi
This is my second season with bees. Last year I had problems with being supplied with a poorly mated queen - it's a long story but didn't get any honey. I expected this.
I now have 2 hives each with a super.
Hive1 has brood box, queen ex, super, crown board, roof.
Hive2 is the same.
Each hive has a couple of frames of sealed and unsealed honey but little stores in the brood box. I am very disappointed not to get honey this year.
I lost quite a lot of bees through swarming although I did Artificial swarm.
I now want to unite hive1 with hive2 and let them have the super honey.
This is my plan -
Remove queen from hive1 -
put newspaper over the top of super in hive2 -
put hive1 brood box and super on top of hive2.
Then next week move frames from hive1 into hive2 brood box and hive2 super.
I am not sure where the super would go - over the brood box or under it?
I heard someone say that the bees would not go up into the super to get the honey but if it is under the brood box surely it will get very dirty.
Your valuable advice on my plan would be very welcome.
Thanks
Brian
This is my second season with bees. Last year I had problems with being supplied with a poorly mated queen - it's a long story but didn't get any honey. I expected this.
I now have 2 hives each with a super.
Hive1 has brood box, queen ex, super, crown board, roof.
Hive2 is the same.
Each hive has a couple of frames of sealed and unsealed honey but little stores in the brood box. I am very disappointed not to get honey this year.
I lost quite a lot of bees through swarming although I did Artificial swarm.
I now want to unite hive1 with hive2 and let them have the super honey.
This is my plan -
Remove queen from hive1 -
put newspaper over the top of super in hive2 -
put hive1 brood box and super on top of hive2.
Then next week move frames from hive1 into hive2 brood box and hive2 super.
I am not sure where the super would go - over the brood box or under it?
I heard someone say that the bees would not go up into the super to get the honey but if it is under the brood box surely it will get very dirty.
Your valuable advice on my plan would be very welcome.
Thanks
Brian