Hi all
We have discussed this before. Queens may live a long time in banks, but they will be damaged
STORAGE OF queens in the so-called
"queen banks" is commonly
practiced in commercial queen rearing.
The queens are caged and several
of them are put into a holding frame
which is located in a queenless colony
in a super which is separated by a
queen excluder from a queenright
colony. Queen banks are used for
queens mated naturally, as well as for
those inseminated instrumentally.
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The above results show that storage
of queens in queen banks results in
injuries of queens. When storage of
several queens in a colony is unavoidable,
then cages with gauze of
smaller apertures of 1.2-1.5 mm should
be used rather than larger apertures of 2.5 mm.
It is recommended to keep reserve queens in baby nuclei.
Woyke, J. (1988). Problems with queen banks. American bee journal.
PLB
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