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Date: | Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:08:27 -0400 |
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Responding to Allen's Comment (below)
Guess by that definition I'm still a beginner. We once added a second
story and a second queen to 50 nucs, and lost almost all of the original
queens - not the new queens!.
If I add a colony with queen to a weak colony with queen, I routinely use
newspaper. I have rotated strong/weak colonies on a pallet - sometimes
works, sometimes doesn't. Usually see at least an occasional lost queen.
In our research, we don't want to lose a queen - so I tend to be
conservative. Large beekeepers often weigh the risk of queen loss against costs of
additional time and fuss.
We've seen some big behavioral differences amongst hives. Some
aggressively repel any bees not from their colony, others don't seem to care.
But, I still don't know how to know if the bees will get along.
We did not use the
newspaper, since that is usually a beginner practice, mostly for people
who
don't know if the bees will get along or not.
Jerry - 40 years and still a beginner.
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