Andy Nachbauerand and all:
I am concerned about my hive (1) swarming. I only get up to it every
couple of weeks. This is where I am at present.
I started with a four frame nuc.(new queen) in a deep body, with six frames of
foundation, and fed all the 1/1 syrup they would take (about a quart a
day). In two weeks they were working hard on the tenth frame, so I put
on a ten frame super, no excluder. The last I knew the bees were still
taking a lot of syrup and a lot of the bees were foraging and were coming
back with pollen that I could see. There is no flow on now but the bees
seem to be doing O.K. I am trying to get them built up by the first of
July when the star thistle flow should start.
It seems by what I read my best solution might be to split the hive then
recombine the two at the end of the year. If yes then when and how?
All input appreciated.
Jeffrey