hi
just got a good swarm of bees- last years hive didn't survive winter. have the swarm in a nucleus box with 3 frames and a feeder frame- any thoughts on when/how to move them into the hive?
chris
wexford
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by Chris Hayes on Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:31 pm
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by sallygardens on Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:54 pm
Hi Chris
I'm a novice myself but something interesting came up in a course I'm attending. The guy teaching the course keeps a swarm in a box in a cool shed for 3 days, misting them with water twice a day. After 3 days they have used up the honey reserves in their stomachs which eradicates the passing of certain pests and diseases into the new hive. Normally the bees would build comb and put the honey from their stomachs into the cells, thus passing on the disease. I think it was acharine, but I'm not 100%.
I'm a novice myself but something interesting came up in a course I'm attending. The guy teaching the course keeps a swarm in a box in a cool shed for 3 days, misting them with water twice a day. After 3 days they have used up the honey reserves in their stomachs which eradicates the passing of certain pests and diseases into the new hive. Normally the bees would build comb and put the honey from their stomachs into the cells, thus passing on the disease. I think it was acharine, but I'm not 100%.
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