Combine with a queenright hive

Combining a hive with a drone laying queen with a strong, queenright hive is an alternative to requeening. The queenright colony, with its functional queen, will take over the combined colony. The drone laying queen will typically be superseded or eliminated by the bees in the queenright colony. This method resolves the drone laying queen issue and boosts the population of the queenright colony. Combining is a DIY approach and is relatively straightforward. The newspaper combine method is commonly used to merge the colonies gradually. Newspaper and a hive tool are the primary materials needed for this method.