Nice easy going, informative, useful video, highlighting the importance of keeping the brood warm (35c!). Looks like a Langstroth double brood box.......
Apis Cerana Eastern Honey bee, small bee, smaller colonies (Hence why the Western Honey Bee (mainly from Europe) was transported globally) Apis Cerana apt to abscond as a natural defence mechanism against the Asian Hornet now a major issue in Europe. Maybe next to the US, I hope not...
Just curious why you would make a nuke that strong and put Queen in it that nuke will be ready to split or swarm on you in less than 2 weeks probably. I wouldn't have put more than two frames a piece into myself and I would definitely put it empty frame to give them something to do you're just asking for that nuke to swarm on you.
Hi! So I understand…if I want to keep my queen can I take out 3 brood and 2 honey frames that will make their own queen? And if I can do that do I need to keep the queenless split trapped inside the nuc for a few days? I have to do this in the spring and I’m so nervous about it!!!
Nice video. There were 9 frames of brood in the double deep that you split, you took out 3 so left 6, 5 in the bottom 1 in the top...? With an introduced queen, will the original hive still produce a good crop of honey? This is my second year and my hive looks slightly stronger than the one you showed, Would just removing the brood (cut down split) in this case also work?
Hi Chris, we also boosted another colony with a frame of brood from the original hive (not shown in the video), so there were 5 frames of brood left afterwards. The original hive would be expected to make a good honey crop after successfully introducing a new queen. For swarm prevention, I always recommend removing the original queen from the hive as the most reliable method. Just removing brood and providing more room MAY work in some scenarios, but I don't trust it personally.
