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<blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 12802" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Thanks that is useful information. There are very few drones around yet so it is early to do a poor mans split, it is unlikely the new queen would get properly mated. Since the hive just has one brood box, a better plan right now would be to add a second brood box (under the queen excluder) and allow the bees to expand into that, with brood in both boxes. That will give the bees the extra room they need, and in a month or so you can easily make the split just by removing one of the brood boxes to a new floorboard. By that time the new queen will have a much better chance at a good mating.</p><p></p><p>Re what to do about the mite treatment strips, can you remember when they were put into the hive?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alastair, post: 12802, member: 13"] Thanks that is useful information. There are very few drones around yet so it is early to do a poor mans split, it is unlikely the new queen would get properly mated. Since the hive just has one brood box, a better plan right now would be to add a second brood box (under the queen excluder) and allow the bees to expand into that, with brood in both boxes. That will give the bees the extra room they need, and in a month or so you can easily make the split just by removing one of the brood boxes to a new floorboard. By that time the new queen will have a much better chance at a good mating. Re what to do about the mite treatment strips, can you remember when they were put into the hive? [/QUOTE]
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