Hi,
I have a weak nuc I want to merge with one of my strong hives. However, I cannot find the queen in the nuc and i have been looking for her every week for two months. I have found and marked the queens in all my other (3) hives without an issue. I suspect she is smaller than normal and she lays very few eggs (but they are viable eggs). There are about 2.5 frames of brood (only half brood on each frame though).
My question is, can I just merge this weak nuc with a very strong hive anyway?
I have a weak nuc I want to merge with one of my strong hives. However, I cannot find the queen in the nuc and i have been looking for her every week for two months. I have found and marked the queens in all my other (3) hives without an issue. I suspect she is smaller than normal and she lays very few eggs (but they are viable eggs). There are about 2.5 frames of brood (only half brood on each frame though).
My question is, can I just merge this weak nuc with a very strong hive anyway?