Move frames from a healthy hive to a smaller one?
Hello, I have two hives (first year). One doing very well with three medium brood boxes and a second with two medium brood boxes. The second hive was requested because the prior queen wasn't laying eggs. That went well. I moved one frame of brood a couple weeks ago from the healthy hive to the newly queened smaller hive. Should I move more frame(s) over from the healthy hive to give the smaller hive a bigger bump? If so, how many medium frames can I safely move out of the the larger hive into the smaller hive without setting the large have back too much? Thanks
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If you want to give the weak hive a boost you could take a frame or two of capped brood to help boost the weak hive. There is no set rule on the number of frames. You have to make a management decision and see how many frames the strong hive can donate. The newly emerged nurse bees can support the new queen and she can lay in the vacated cells. .