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Offline Cheech

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Two queens in a nuk
« on: September 02, 2012, 07:20:27 pm »
I just found two queens in my 5 frame nuk.
is it likely the hive will swarm in this condition?
should I split the hive, remove one queen with two frames?

Offline Michael Bush

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Re: Two queens in a nuk
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2012, 03:20:53 pm »
>should I split the hive, remove one queen with two frames?

Why?  They don't swarm because there are two queens.  They swarm BEFORE there are two queens...
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Offline Cheech

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Re: Two queens in a nuk
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2012, 02:19:34 pm »
thanks for the reassurance michael, I think when these small issues reach us new guys, we start worrying unnecessarily.
Cheers