Beemaster's International Beekeeping Forum
BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => HONEYBEE REMOVAL => Topic started by: Packrat3wires on August 24, 2014, 01:46:08 am
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Hello again. I did a cutout with my youngest son this past week. It was in the ceiling of a living room in a family's house and it was a very strong colony. The bees had to be removed because they had found a way to get into the house and they had kids. We were able to get 7 frames of brood, eggs, and some honey comb. I split the cutout into 2 hive bodies because of the size of the colony. We were very diligent but never ran across the queen. What can I do to insure the survival of the hives this late in the season. I figure if we missed her they will produce another queen in 3 weeks. I have added brood builder patties to each of the hives but was considering adding a top feeder with 1 to 1 mix for the next couple of months also. I really like the genetics of the hive so re-queening isn't an option. To make matters worse we are being hit with 95 degree heat and heat indexes around 110. I could really use some advice
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The good news is, their survival will only be binary. either they will survive...or they will not.
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sounds like you have done right;
what did you do to run the queen?
did ya try bee quick?
none available try almond extract
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Hive did well. I had to let them re-queen but hopefully all is well. I will know in a couple of months.