>Has anyone else tried the matchbox method for introducing a queen
There is also a matchbox method where the box is submerged in water and the
queen gently washed, then dumped on a comb - not sure who advocated it
(Snelgrove?).
> It took about 15 minutes for the workers to make a large enough gap for
them to go in and the queen to emerge, and she calmly walked into the
hive.
About the same time that it takes them to release a queen from a Butler cage
with one end covered in newspaper.
Best wishes
Peter
52°14'44.44"N, 1°50'35"W
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