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  • From: "david AT daviddg.com" <david AT daviddg.com>
  • To: Orange County Bees <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [ocba] no foragers
  • Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 11:05:26 -0400

I have a question regarding splits:

A week ago I split one colony. I moved one spit hive with the original
queen--plus eggs through capped brood, nectar and pollen--about 6 feet from
their original position. I also shook in a frames worth of nurse bees.

I added a new queen to the split colony in the original location (where all
the foragers are still returning to).

Thus far there are no foragers flying in and out of the hive which I moved.
Should I be seeing some forager activity by now—one week after the split?

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

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David DiGiuseppe
919-968-9600



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