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Date: | Tue, 30 Mar 1999 10:41:11 -0800 |
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Greetings all,
The weather is wonderful here in St. Louis, and the bees are flying well! I opened all my hives again today to medicate, and the girls are busy at it. Last weekend, I posted a question about one of my hives wanting to swarm already this year. When I openned it then, I found half a dozen swarm cells in various stages, with 2 being fully capped. It was suggested that I put all brood in the bottom box, and split it with empty drawn comb. I did that, hoping it would slow them enough until I get my queens shipped so I can split the hive. No luck!
I got into it again and found several fresh queen cell cups with jelly and larvae in some. I have come to the conclusion, that they wont last 2 weeks till the new queens arrive. Can I split the hive now, and allow the queenless half to raise a queen or place a frame with a nice big swarm cell on it in there, and the queenright half to supercede,or do what it wants to? Will they still swarm either way? I will worry about finding the queens later and requeen then. Thanks all. I appreciate your help.
Scott Moser
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