When we introduced the new queen to the green hive it seemed like the workers wanted to kill her, so we put the new queen in a new purple hive - splitting the green one.
We didn't think that the green hive would make it, but since we put a fresh queen in the purple hive, we thought it was sure to thrive.
Well, for the past week the purple hive looked almost abandoned, no bees flying in or out. When we looked in today we didn't see a queen or any larvae , just a bunch of lazy workers eating their way through the honey stores. Obviously the queen we introduced last week was gone - killed, left, whatever.
The green hive has been going strong all week and looking very active. When we looked in, we saw a big fat queen... so maybe we will be reuniting the hives this weekend. Dang...
We didn't think that the green hive would make it, but since we put a fresh queen in the purple hive, we thought it was sure to thrive.
Well, for the past week the purple hive looked almost abandoned, no bees flying in or out. When we looked in today we didn't see a queen or any larvae , just a bunch of lazy workers eating their way through the honey stores. Obviously the queen we introduced last week was gone - killed, left, whatever.
The green hive has been going strong all week and looking very active. When we looked in, we saw a big fat queen... so maybe we will be reuniting the hives this weekend. Dang...
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