I see there have been a few posts about combining colonies. This is s different one.
I have a small hive (4-5 frames) which is queenright and looks healthy. I also have another bigger hive with more bees but they swarmed and are currently queenless. Id like to combine the 2 hives but looking for options on how.
I see from posts that the 'weaker' hive goes on top of the newspaper - does this include a queenright hive? Just looking for options on which way round the hives should be, queen on top of the newspaper or below?!!
I have a small hive (4-5 frames) which is queenright and looks healthy. I also have another bigger hive with more bees but they swarmed and are currently queenless. Id like to combine the 2 hives but looking for options on how.
I see from posts that the 'weaker' hive goes on top of the newspaper - does this include a queenright hive? Just looking for options on which way round the hives should be, queen on top of the newspaper or below?!!