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Date: | Mon, 3 Dec 2001 12:05:21 -0500 |
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Fellow Beekeepers,
Last summer I had lots of brood above the queen excluder. I had two medium
boxes below the excluder, with brood and marked queen. Above the excluder,
in one (later two) mediums, I had lots of brood. I could not find a queen
above the excluder, but since I am a beeginner, I could have overlooked her.
How could I get brood above the excluder? The question is academic now,I
suppose, but I am still baffled. The hive had an upper entrance--could a
recently mated queen take up residence? I put some brood above the
excluder when I installed it, to encourage the bees to move through the
excluder. Could the bees have raised a queen above the excluder?
I have since read on BEE-L that queen excluders are for experienced
beekeepers, so I will likely not use them next summer. I will also follow
George Imirie's instruction to use three mediums for brood.
Your advice is much appreciated.
Kyle
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