I apologize upfront. I have not done an exaustive search in the archives, and have come right to you with this question.
Hive B, which had queen cells in which I intervened (See
https://beemaster.com/forum/index.php?topic=53553.0) is queenless. 14 days ago I destroyed all the queen cells and released the best looking virgin queen back into the hive. Now, two weeks later there is a lot of nextar and probably 10+ frames of bees, but no eggs or larva, and very little capped brood left.
My RESOURCES are...
1. Hive C: A small colony that swarmed from Hive B 15 days ago. This small hive, perhaps four frames of bees, has a few small patches of eggs and brood as of today. But I did not see the queen. It is 50 feet from Hive B.
2. Hive A: A good sized hive which was throwing queencells 10 days ago. I destroyed all the cells, and left the longest, drawn out one. It sits right next to Hive B.
3. A nucleus colony which I created from Hive A, 10 days ago. It also had a long, drawn out queen cell. It is another yard about 2 miles from Hive B
The QUESTIONs:
1. Should I combine the small Hive C with it? What about the 50 feet distance apart?
2. Should I bring back in the nuc, although the queen has not had much time for a mating flight and to lay?
3. Will a queen with her several frames of bees be safe added into hive B? I am not sure about the success of using newspaper in a horizontal hive.
Advice much appreciated.