BEE-L Archives

Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology

BEE-L@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM

Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
From:
David Eyre <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 14 Aug 1996 08:53:16 -0400
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (15 lines)
>new queen for them on Thursday and finally got it in Sunday.  I put it in
>the hive and so far the bees have not clustered arround the new Queen.
>Should they have moved to the Queen as soon as I put her in?
 
Sounds to me as if you have a virgin. After one week she should be laying
eggs to beat the band. This year with the rotten weather there has been lots
of virgins sold as laying queens. Look for more comments on this problem.
    ****************************************************
   * David Eyre          9 Progress Drive, Unit 2,  *
   * The Beeworks,    Orillia, Ontario, L3V 6H1. *
   * [log in to unmask]      705-326-7171 *
   * http://www.muskoka.net/~beeworks           *
   *  Agents for: E H Thorne &  B J Sherriff UK. *
   ****************************************************

ATOM RSS1 RSS2