At 12:50 AM 9/13/97 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 97-09-12 14:23:30 EDT, you write:
>
><< I went back at this past Spring and have right now a weak hive and a
> very strong hive.  Requeened the weak hive and now see the first new
> brood cells.  But I'm afraid I may be too late to get a new program off
> the ground in the weak hive.
>  >>
>
>Here is a simple way to beef up a weak hive with the help of a strong hive:
> You have already taken care of the queen problem by requeening the weak
>hive.  Now give her a helping hand by swaping positions between the two
>hives.  When the field force returns the next day, these bees will go to the
>position their old hive was in when they return.  That gives the powerful
>field force to the weaker hive and a great helping hand.  The strong hive
>won't suffer too much as they have a lot of brood already and will be back up
>to snuff quickly.
>
>Janice Green
>...Of Bees, Beekeepers and Food
>http://users.aol.com/queenbjan/primbees.htm
>
 
Instead of lifting up heavy hives it might be easier to just give the weak
hive a frame or two of ripe brood, it is much easier.