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Offline snispel

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Severe Thunderstorm knocked over 2 hives. Now what?
« on: July 10, 2020, 01:14:56 am »
So....SE Nebraska. Big storms last night. 70-90mph winds. I had 2 hives get knocked over. I fixed the broken pieces and flicked out what water I could. Put the hives back together. I couldn't find either queen, but both hives still had visible eggs and bees were covering those cells. My concern is that there were many bees that died. I think in one 8 frame box maybe only a softball-sized ball of bees. Am I right to assume I should add some bees to those hives? Anything else I should do? :/
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Offline TheHoneyPump

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Re: Severe Thunderstorm knocked over 2 hives. Now what?
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2020, 01:31:05 am »
Yes.  Do nothing for some time.  A week.  Let the bees clean their house, to reorganize, and to recover from the event.  After a week go back looking for queens and fresh eggs.  Let your eyes at that time determine what to do next.  For now just let the bees bee. 
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When the lid goes back on, the bees will spend the next 3 days undoing most of what the beekeeper just did to them.

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Re: Severe Thunderstorm knocked over 2 hives. Now what?
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2020, 06:07:59 am »
As HP said.  the bees need to adjust the brood for the number of bees they have before you do anything. Also, look in the area for a swarm of bees. If the queen absconded, they may have gathered nearby.
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Re: Severe Thunderstorm knocked over 2 hives. Now what?
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2020, 08:53:43 am »
Quote from: iddee on July 10, 2020, 06:07:59 am
If the queen absconded, they may have gathered nearby.
Yeah the question would be which hive, without looking.
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Re: Severe Thunderstorm knocked over 2 hives. Now what?
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2020, 10:00:19 am »
If the swarm is found, the wait is revoked.
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Re: Severe Thunderstorm knocked over 2 hives. Now what?
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2020, 12:33:21 am »
Thank you everyone for helping out.

I looked in the hives today and found both queens laying like crazy.

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Re: Severe Thunderstorm knocked over 2 hives. Now what?
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2020, 08:22:24 am »
I had the same thing happen to me last month. It was about a week after the storm that I found them and they had already started building bridge comb between boxes. It was a mess but they are doing well now. They are very resourceful to say the least.
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