Greetings to all:
On the supposition that the queen was healthy , could simply the fact that
she experienced removal from the swarm be enough of a traumatic effect to
kill her?
I had received a phone call from a friend who asked -- Need a queen?
I arrived at his place and was told that a swarm had been caught and the
decision was made to join it to the hive it came from since there was a new
queen and the 2 year old marked queen which was in that swarm was given to me .
I brought her home in a plastic queen cage with no attendants. The candy
was soft and she was given a few drops of water and a drop or so of honey
which she took in.
The cage was kept in a battery box ( box for several cages)
The next morning we held two minutes of silence for her.
Opinions welcome
Walter
Ontario
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