A couple stopped by 2 weeks to get some honey and bees for sting
therapy. They called the other day to ask if they can keep a small
colony on their property. They are not interested in making honey,
just want to keep some bees for stinging.
A 5-frame nuc would be great for them. Does anyone have a good way
of restricting the queen to lay only in 1 frame or 1 1/2 frames?
[The idea is to hold the population back during the spring build up
so they would not get the urge to swarm.]
Is there a standard queen restrictor out on the market? I suppose I
could make something out of queen excluder material for them.
Thanks!
Waldemar
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