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  • From: Brad Kosiba <bradkosiba AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: Orange County Bees <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] no foragers
  • Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 15:57:18 -0400

It may take a while to get a significant # of foragers since they started with essentially none.  You might want to feed the nuc for a while to get them off to a good start.

Brad

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 11:42 AM, david AT daviddg.com <david AT daviddg.com> wrote:
Yes I’ve checked. The hive has plenty of bees inside.

On Apr 26, 2017, at 11:18 AM, Walter Starks <walterstarks AT icloud.com> wrote:

Even a very weak hive would have a few foragers. You just might have to watch for a while to see them. Have you checked to be sure the new hive didn't abscond?

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Walter


You never can tell with bees. ~ Winnie-the-Pooh

On Apr 26, 2017, at 11:05 AM, "david AT daviddg.com" <david AT daviddg.com> wrote:

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
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