Bees can only survive about 3 weeks without a queen. If they are unsuccessful in raising a new queen on the first try, they will be in very severe danger of dying. After about 3 weeks without a queen a hive will begin producing laying workers See: Laying Worker. Laying workers can only produce drones- which are useless to the hive. Hopefully, when you discover your hive is queenless it will have been less than two weeks. What to do… There are several different clues that will

Finding queen cells in your hive can be very confusing. In this article I am going to break down how to identify what caused your ladies to raise a cell and what to do. There are four reasons a hive will produce queen cells. The hive is going to swarm (swarm cell) The hive is going to replace it queen (supersedure cell). The hive lost its queen. the hive just feels like raising queen cells... The Hive is going to swarm (swarm cell) Swarming is the bees natural way of reproduc

Splitting hives is one of the easiest, cheapest ways to grow your hive count. Step-by-step instructions for making a nuc split, plus tips on timing and feeding.