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babsbag
Herd Master
The hive with lots of bees and no queen or brood is a captured swarm and it hasn't been 25 days yet so not too worried. They need to build her some comb too. I will put a new deep on them today so they have more room to roam. I will give them another week and then buy them a queen. Fortunately queens are 15 miles away so easy to obtain.
I thought about the burr comb but I can't kill the brood and start over, not in a swarm that is a small as that one. I could leave it a shallow box but that isn't a very big brood nest. Not sure....still pondering it.
I thought about the burr comb but I can't kill the brood and start over, not in a swarm that is a small as that one. I could leave it a shallow box but that isn't a very big brood nest. Not sure....still pondering it.