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Re: Shaking bees out - laying worker
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Allen Dick <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 21 May 2023 13:00:54 -0400
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I always figured that if there are laying workers, all the bees will be old and a new queen is a waste, so either I combined such hives with a good hive that needed more bees or just shook them out to join other hives.  

The new queens can be used in new nucs  or splits.

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