Fixing a laying worker hive.

[@houstonsheltonbees814]

Thanks 👍 This does work well. I appreciate you putting this out there. Good health and God bless

[@WoolieBsApiary]

i like working smarter not harder.

[@cluelessbeekeeping1322]

I like your method of killing small hive beetles. I'll mash half the frame trying to smash a single one! I've got at least 1 laying worker hive I need to take of tomorrow...I almost did tonight...but, meh, I'll wait. Not sure which hive I'm going to dump it on top of. I just place the box on top of a strong hive and forget it... So much easier than messing with trying to add open brood or any other way... Just set it and forget it as you did!

[@WoolieBsApiary]

just go back in 3 days and all is good.

[@cluelessbeekeeping1322]

@@WoolieBsApiary Yup, I'll do that, maybe wait a bit longer too. That method is so much easier than adding open brood a few times. It''s like ...2 steps and it's fixed! & the shaking the bees away simply does NOT work as many think!

[@jamestownsendjrtbees3226]

I just put a piece of newspaper between a strong queen rite colony and put the laying workers above. So far it's always worked for me but I have only had 3 laying worker colonies so far.

[@KajunHomestead]

Thanks Woolie B's

[@garyfreeman5999]

Many folks just add a frame of unsealed brood to the laying worker hive. Then, the next day, they will try putting in a caged queen. What I do is to add a frame of unsealed brood. Then, the next day, I add them to a normal hive using the newspaper method. Later on, I just split them off again and add a queen.

[@diegovd7215]

Humm... curious about how you manage the entrances. Did I miss that?

[@WoolieBsApiary]

the entrance for the bottom queen right is normal 2 inch opening the top box with the laying worker is closed the lid has 1/8 inch spacer for ventilation. i went back in 3 days and took the divider board out and they are now a happy colony.

[@diegovd7215]

Hi @@WoolieBsApiary, thank you for the explanation. Cheers

[@laziacoff503]

thanks for the helpful insights. from ont. ca. where we live.

[@WoolieBsApiary]

i could use some of that cool weather down her. thanks for watching

[@jonclemons1421]

If you leave the drone laying colony on top for a week, closed up without an exit, do they survive ok?

[@WoolieBsApiary]

I go back in 3 days and take the divider out

[@jhulin9018]

So the top box, with the laying workers, does not have an entrance so the bees are locked up there for a week?

[@WoolieBsApiary]

3 days with the 1/8 inch spacer under the lid so ventilation brings up the pheromones from the queen right colony up into the laying worker box.

[@phillee2814]

I guess any laying worker is a drag queen.

[@WoolieBsApiary]

well not really they are female to start with.

[@benjaminsmall9384]

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