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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => REQUEENING & RAISING NEW QUEENS => Topic started by: JordanM on June 26, 2009, 02:47:29 pm
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I have my observation hive set up and i put a frame of brood in it they have now made 5 queens cells. A few qeeks ago i got a swarm that is now filling 3 deeps and a super, i now want to split this hive befour it swarms. Is it alright if i take a knife and cut two of these queen cells out and attach to a 2 frames and make two splits off from this hive?
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Yes. Works just fine. Be careful and if you know when they were capped, you should be able to determine when they will hatch. Be sure your splits are queenless for a while. Most will recommend at least several hours.
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ok ill leave the splits queenless for a few hours. They just capped the queencells tonight so i might be able to make my splits tommorow and i think i will make 3 2 frame splits.
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If they just capped the queen cells, then wait use the queen calendar.
2 days before hatch - make splits
1 day before hatch - insert queen cell
Then it will almost 2 weeks for you can possibly have a laying queen
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o good idea ill do that.
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Doesnt it take 8 days after a queen cell is capped for her to emerge?