Package shenanigans tomorrow - some advice for what is likely gonna be an ugly delivery
3 buckfast Packages shipped out 4/18. There was some USPS shenanigans and I won’t see this package until tomorrow, a full week. Now this is not a refund question or anything of that nature. This is about I get a package that has seen some shit and is likely in rough shape. I want to know if I’ve gamed out my different directions. Assume 50-70% worker death in each scenario please.
Scenario 1 - package is fine this post was silly, laugh and mock the silly man. I mean sure only half the workers died but we got nucs
Scenario 2 - 2/3 queens are alive, can I just sorta combine 2 of the packages to make a stronger hive, and then the weaker of the 2 goes under critical care? I feel like because these packages been hanging out together this won’t be a problem.
Scenario 3 - all 3 queens dead. Got some workers here. My decisions come down to pull a frame with couple queen cups which won’t be hard and combine the remaining workers into a nuc. OR I can take these workers and give them to my weakest hive who wouldn’t mind a population boost. Really I’d prefer to give population in this scenario but I also kinda want to go for the quickest fix because my parents are coming to dinner at 4pm and man I really ain’t got time for this shit today. My ape brain says just pour workers into weak hive this fine. My beek brain is like … maaannnn there is methods to combine populations for a reason.
So there it is friends, halp.
Thanks !