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this is why it has failed. you have done it back to front.rule of thumb is shift the queen. so she should be in the hive you moved away.also it works better if you face the hive to opposite way.the nuc should be in the old spot with a couple of frames of brood with eggs.the idea here is that the old hive has the queen and most of the brood so it can retain a lot of the bees in the new location.as all the field bees will return to the old spot and fill up the nuc. there is always the risk that even with a queen the bees will drift back to the old location.its very simple and quick to do, especially if you have one brood box with and excluder and a honey super.the super becomes the nuc box and happens to have lots of bees in it. so all you need to do move the hive, put super as the nuc, put frames of brood/eggs (with no bees on them) into that (and honey frames back to the old brood box) and your done.
this is why it has failed. you have done it back to front.
rule of thumb is shift the queen. so she should be in the hive you moved away.
also it works better if you face the hive to opposite way.
the nuc should be in the old spot with a couple of frames of brood with eggs.
the idea here is that the old hive has the queen and most of the brood so it can retain a lot of the bees in the new location.
as all the field bees will return to the old spot and fill up the nuc. there is always the risk that even with a queen the bees will drift back to the old location.
its very simple and quick to do, especially if you have one brood box with and excluder and a honey super.
the super becomes the nuc box and happens to have lots of bees in it. so all you need to do move the hive, put super as the nuc, put frames of brood/eggs (with no bees on them) into that (and honey frames back to the old brood box) and your done.
