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beegraham Nurse Bee
Joined: 29 May 2016 Posts: 41 Location: Kenton, Devon, UK
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 1:20 pm Post subject: Splitting very full TopBarHive |
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My strongest colony has half completed queen cells but none yet sealed and as far as I can tell, no eggs in them. I have an empty identical hive close by and plan to split.
Should I wait till I see some sealed Q cells before splitting. There is plenty of brood and also drone cells, as well as adult drones wandering about.
It is a Cathedral TBh and over wintered well - I used Oxalic acid vapour in December against Veroa and that seems to have been quite effective. |
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trekmate Golden Bee

Joined: 30 Nov 2009 Posts: 1137 Location: UK, North Yorkshire, Bentham
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A prime swarm leaves on or around the day that the first Q cell is capped. I'd suggest you act sooner rather than later! |
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beegraham Nurse Bee
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