Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Mortician bees hard at work
After the combining of the two splits I noticed a large amount of dead bees in front of the hive. There must have been more of a fight about the combination then I first thought. It took the mortician bees a couple of weeks to get them all out. Sorry girls, but after 3 tries to get them to make a queen they were bound to parish if something wasn't done. I think it was the best solution.
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Did you do a newspaper combine? I found that works best for my bees when they need to be combined. It keeps fighting to a minimum as they get used to the smells of the foreign bees before they chew through the paper.
I did use newspaper to combine. It turned out ok, just a little ruff.
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