Dear Sherry:
 
 
        My idea is not requeening, but let that make it the own bees.
        Each  adult beehive should have two boxes intended for brood chamber .
        An important task of the beekeeper is to eliminate the blockade of honey in
the broodchamber.
        That is to say, that  to the beginning of spring, each beehive must have
two boxes integrated by brood or  foundation. The honeycombs with honey or
with very few suckling should be put on the suppers to the extremes.
        Not to forget abundant ventilation.
        The bees won't swarm.
        If the queen isn't good, bees will substitute her.
        May be bees will pardon the life of a regular queen??
        I don't the exact answer.
 
        In any case I have the following vantages of the natural bee requeening:
 
        a.)The new queen is perfectly adapted to the ecosystem, just like
his mother.
        b.)Here in Uruguay, our bees are resistant to some diseases, in some
degree also varroa. The new queen will be at least so strong like her mother.
        c.)Usually bees know a lot of things newbeekeeper (like me) are just
learning.
 
 
        Regards
 
 
 
        CARLOS APARICIO
 
        PLAYA SANTA ANA
 
        URUGUAY
 
 
 
 
 
At 10:24 AM 23/07/1998 -0400, Sherry Medders wrote:
>Hi Everyone,
>
>The requeening issue is an on going debate. And I'd like to hear some of
>your opinions. Should you or shouldn't you requeen every year. I know this
>is bound to fan a few flames. My objective, I'd like to know why everyone
>feels it is so necessary to or not to requeen. Thanks to all that answer.
>