AI6YR on Nostr: #Random beekeeping muttering... had a hive split failure, but probably can rescue the ...

#Random beekeeping muttering... had a hive split failure, but probably can rescue the bees because we had that swarm show up in our backyard three days ago. The split hive had two issues: 1. ants had crawled up the stand, despite our spraying the stand well with ant spray (toxic to bees too, but they don't crawl on the ground; it's the only thing we've found to keep the Argentine ants off the hives). 2. There was no queen cell. They failed to recognize they had no queen, for some reason. 3. There was no brood. It was rainy for several days after we did the split, and I wonder if we did not give them enough honey and they ate the brood? Or, not enough bees and they dragged them out because they died? Unclear. Anyway, they will have a queen tomorrow.