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- From: John Rintoul <beecd AT icloud.com>
- To: Julie Daniels <jld921 AT gmail.com>
- Cc: "ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org" <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [ocba] multi-swarm-recovery-plan needed
- Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2017 22:33:50 -0400
Julie, I hope others will chime in as well, but based on your email I would combine the Hive D with Hive B because you know that B can use the workers and B has a viable queen. I would assume that A has a queen in the works. If they just swarmed last Saturday it is too early to see eggs. The new queen would barely be born and would still be a virgin. Read Randall's article "I Need to Buy a Queen . . . or do I" at https://www.baileybeesupply.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/i_need_to_buy_a_queen.pdf and work through the number of days required to make a queen, get her mated, and get her laying. It will make you feel better about Hive A. Queen events (swarms, supersedure, accidental death, old age, etc.) will try your patience, but most of the time the bees have it all under control. Hive C may be another story. You found what appeared to be an ailing queen. Hive C may have a virgin queen that flew with the swarm and has yet to be mated. I would give it at least 7-8 days to see if there is evidence of a queen at that time. If not, I would add a frame of eggs and brood from B to let the bees start making one. Finally you have Hive B with a productive queen. If your patience is not ultimately rewarded with a new queen for Hive A you can take another frame of eggs and brood from B and allow the bees in Hive A to make a new queen. I suspect that won't be necessary. -John John Rintoul (919) 414-4071 No trees or bees were killed in the distribution of this message, but countless electrons were seriously inconvenienced.
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[ocba] multi-swarm-recovery-plan needed,
Julie Daniels, 04/09/2017
- Re: [ocba] multi-swarm-recovery-plan needed, John Rintoul, 04/09/2017
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