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Offline Marion

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First successful split
« on: June 23, 2017, 11:17:35 am »
May 24 I removed 5 frames from an active hive I thought might swarm and put them in a nuc box. There were two unhatched supercedure cells on one frame. I had to order more hive parts and paint them so about a week later I moved the 5 frames into a hive and noticed that those queen cells had hatched. I have been searching for evidence of a queen in there and today, yes, capped and uncapped brood. They have a queen. I am feeding them 1:1 because they are actively waxing out the new foundation in a second deep. Feeling proud  :) 
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Re: First successful split
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2017, 07:11:56 pm »
Congrats Marion, that's great news! Fortunate that you caught things just in time.

- Kevin
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Re: First successful split
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2017, 10:58:37 am »
Marion,  that's great, I love that feeling.  That's my favorite part about keeping bees.  Bee careful though, its highly addictive and I've found no cure :laugh:
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