Hi all new to beekeeping mid last year so just wanted some opinions on my thoughts regarding an artificial swarm.
When I need to perform one I was looking at the Pagden method. My question is my research suggests moving the queen over with a frame of bias but some posts argue that they may continue to make swarm cells on this frame. Does anyone transfer the queen over on undrawn foundation only, add a 1:1 feed and queen excluder to be safe? The colony I have was a swarm I lured which was on new foundation and they stayed so...
Thanks Michael
When I need to perform one I was looking at the Pagden method. My question is my research suggests moving the queen over with a frame of bias but some posts argue that they may continue to make swarm cells on this frame. Does anyone transfer the queen over on undrawn foundation only, add a 1:1 feed and queen excluder to be safe? The colony I have was a swarm I lured which was on new foundation and they stayed so...
Thanks Michael