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- 24 + a few nucs....this has to stop!
So I did an AS last week on my hive after finding loaded Q cups and put the queen in a nuc and let the hive raise new QC.These should be almost capped now and I am thinking of swapping around and putting the QC in my nuc and the queen back in my hive.
The thinking behind it is that if I wait until my virgin is mated and start laying it is going to be a little while and the hive may not be strong enough for the flow. Re-introducing my queen will mean back to business quicker. So the questions are as follow and as none of us are mind reading bees I will ask for likelihood:
If I have missed a couple of emergency QC after re-introducing my queen (in a cage) will the bees or queen kill them, would they supercede my queen with a new virgin or will they swarm or all of the above?
Can I introduce capped Q cells in my nuc straight away after removing queen?
Thanks
The thinking behind it is that if I wait until my virgin is mated and start laying it is going to be a little while and the hive may not be strong enough for the flow. Re-introducing my queen will mean back to business quicker. So the questions are as follow and as none of us are mind reading bees I will ask for likelihood:
If I have missed a couple of emergency QC after re-introducing my queen (in a cage) will the bees or queen kill them, would they supercede my queen with a new virgin or will they swarm or all of the above?
Can I introduce capped Q cells in my nuc straight away after removing queen?
Thanks