It's Easter Sunday so the perfect time to install new queens. I got hold of four lovely Italians on Saturday and spent Friday preparing hives and splits for their arrival. Here they are...
I made a split from the single hive at the gardens; taking 4 frames of eggs, brood and pollen from the hive there and transferring it to a new single deep.
I took frames from the two strong hives in Ladue and put 4 into the weak hive there. I also killed off the ineffective queen in this hive.
I relocated the weak hive I had at home to one of Jurgen's Ladue apiaries and added four frames of eggs, brood and pollen (from my Ladue hives) to this hive as well.
The final queen went to split a hive I sold to my friend Paul a week ago.
So the end result is....
No hives in my back garden.
Two hives at the Botanical Gardens.
Three hives in Ladue; one requeened.
One hive to be sold to Jurgen and currently relocated to one of his Ladue apiaries.
Why selling and relocating hives?.... More on this later...
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