So today was a good day to make some splits. Meaning that each hive is generally two hive boxes (supers) high, however I had three on for a while now. I did this so I can make splits at a later time, so basically all I did was take one of the boxes off of two hives and combined them to make one hive. The bees will make their own queen from one of the eggs that are available on the comb. Each super has ten frames consisting of some honey, capped brood, larva and eggs. Along with nurse bees to look after them. I will post some pics and show you in more detail what I am talking about, today was a rainy day so no pictures were possible. Stay tuned
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I'm curious to see how that works out for you. That is, letting them make their own queen by making what's more or less a walk-away split. I've had some inadvertent success with colonies that made their own queens through swarming, but I'm not sure it's something I'd want to do on a regular basis.
Kenneth Peters
9/16/2012 03:29:42 am
You seem to be enjoying bee keeping I look forward to future comments. Leave a Reply. |
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