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Mason Harris <[log in to unmask]>
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Mason Harris <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 26 Apr 1996 09:40:18 -0400
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Hi Bee Folks,
 
Well, I did what I thought I probably should not have done and now I am paying
for it.  A few weeks ago I made my first two splits.  I put one split in a 5
frame nuc and the other into a deep.  I thought it was time to move the nuc to
it's new location this morning so I moved it about 15' away on the other side
of 5 other hives I have.  Well guess what.  That's right, the bees from the nuc
are absloutly lost and confused.  They are flying all over and not finding the
new nuc location.  It appears they are trying to enter the hive (deep split)
closest to the old location of the nuc. I have an entrance reducer on the deep
split and there is a wild crowd at the frond door.   For some reason I thought
they would have no trouble finding the new location as it is only 15' away.
WRONG!
 
In the back of my mind I thought I may have some trouble, but I thought, What
the hell......give it a try.
 
So what happens now?  What should I do?  Should I just relax and loose the bees
who can't find the new location? Should I wait for the new bees hatch out and
and get used to where they are?  I put the nuc on top of a medium super with
the thought they would get used to the new nuc placement and then I was going
to move them into a 10 frame deep where the medium super is.
 
Can anyone tell me what I can expect to happen now?
 
Live and learn, die and forget it...........

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