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<blockquote data-quote="tristan" data-source="post: 13023" data-attributes="member: 30"><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite22" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>one way is to do it in bad weather, ie rain for a few days. its better but i doubt it perfect. i suspect many older bees will still return to the old site. the newly hatched bees will do just fine as they don't know the old hive location.</p><p>the best way is to take it to a mates place for a day or two, then bring it back home.</p><p></p><p>of course its better to not get into that situation. by using the drift back as part of the splitting method you avoid all that hassle. by taking the queen and most of the brood to the new location, you hold onto enough bees and have plenty hatching out, while all the field bees go back to the old site and go make a new queen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tristan, post: 13023, member: 30"] (y) one way is to do it in bad weather, ie rain for a few days. its better but i doubt it perfect. i suspect many older bees will still return to the old site. the newly hatched bees will do just fine as they don't know the old hive location. the best way is to take it to a mates place for a day or two, then bring it back home. of course its better to not get into that situation. by using the drift back as part of the splitting method you avoid all that hassle. by taking the queen and most of the brood to the new location, you hold onto enough bees and have plenty hatching out, while all the field bees go back to the old site and go make a new queen. [/QUOTE]
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