Has the lower swarm got a queen? I was told how to do this but not with an entrance on the top when one of the hives were queenless. If you have two separate colonies with separate queens when the get through the news paper, how will that work out ? Thank you James
Yes the lower queen has a queen too, but it was not a very big swarm. Sometimes in a situation like this, there can be two queens in a hive, but usually the stronger one will take over.
Did you put little holes in the paper or no? If one of the hives were queenless should a person use one entrance at the bottom when joining to hives with the news paper method Paul? Thanks you James
@@james-jo6fq Let the bees eat through the paper themselves, it’s a gradual process. When combining two hives, they would still need access to both boxes, as it will take a couple of days. One entrance can be blocked after they have eaten through the paper, if you like or just leave them with two entrances
@@wexfordwildvalleyhoney7063 Thanks! I've been looking for some way to combine a weak colony with a queen with another colony also with a queen. Very helpful!
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Excellent video. Thank you so much.
Very good video about the steps needed to combine two colonies of bees
Am really getting educated
Glad to hear that
Has the lower swarm got a queen? I was told how to do this but not with an entrance on the top when one of the hives were queenless. If you have two separate colonies with separate queens when the get through the news paper, how will that work out ? Thank you
James
Yes the lower queen has a queen too, but it was not a very big swarm. Sometimes in a situation like this, there can be two queens in a hive, but usually the stronger one will take over.
Did you put little holes in the paper or no? If one of the hives were queenless should a person use one entrance at the bottom when joining to hives with the news paper method Paul? Thanks you
James
@@james-jo6fq Let the bees eat through the paper themselves, it’s a gradual process.
When combining two hives, they would still need access to both boxes, as it will take a couple of days. One entrance can be blocked after they have eaten through the paper, if you like or just leave them with two entrances
@@wexfordwildvalleyhoney7063 Thanks! I've been looking for some way to combine a weak colony with a queen with another colony also with a queen. Very helpful!
@@reachruthanne752 really glad the video was helpful