Mike writes:
spreading to the 4 winds
Reply:
Well there are two ways of getting rid of stock that is not
good for what traits/characteristics you like so you do not
pollute the drone pool with inferior ones you don't want to
continue.
One is requeen, but many times this doesn't take and here
agressiveness come to mind. They are harder hives to shift
a queen on for acceptance. So hence you dequeen and then
take the brood and split it into about 4 groups or so and
place some in other hives lagging behind for faster build
up but still medium to reasonably strong (similar to
equalizing hives during buildup for production) with nurse
bees and all. Then you can put a weaker colony were the old
field bees are left flying, and strengthen it also. Hence
in a matter of a few short weeks the bees are absorbed into
the other colones, with no overpowering of any one.
Respectrfully submitted,
Dee A. Lusby
Small Cell Commercial Beekeeper
Moyza, Arizona
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/organicbeekeepers/
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