Hi all.
I want to combine 2 colonies, 1 in a polynuc and the other , a small , weak colony in a wooden National 14x12 box. I can only see 2-3 seams of bees through the perspex roof. I haven’t inspected inside either as too cool when I have been around (they’re in my garden, SW London), but assume both queenright as pollen going in. Rather than putting on another 14x12 brood box on top and dummying down, is there any way I can do the equivalent of a newspaper unite by adding the 6 nuc frames to the small colony’s box if I remove spare frames? A horizontal unite. Presumably I would have to remove one of the queens, probably keeping the nuc queen. Both new, home-bred queens last year, and calm and productive.
I want to combine 2 colonies, 1 in a polynuc and the other , a small , weak colony in a wooden National 14x12 box. I can only see 2-3 seams of bees through the perspex roof. I haven’t inspected inside either as too cool when I have been around (they’re in my garden, SW London), but assume both queenright as pollen going in. Rather than putting on another 14x12 brood box on top and dummying down, is there any way I can do the equivalent of a newspaper unite by adding the 6 nuc frames to the small colony’s box if I remove spare frames? A horizontal unite. Presumably I would have to remove one of the queens, probably keeping the nuc queen. Both new, home-bred queens last year, and calm and productive.