>Mon 24th July Allen Dick wrote:- amongst many other things...
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>"When my new queen arrives from Kentucky, do I have to introduce
>> her in any special way in order that the existing bees will accept
>her?
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>It is hard to introduce a queen to a drone layer. I'll let others try to
>answer this."
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>I heard of a neat way of removing laying workers from  a hive from the
>east of Scotland beekeepers association. I have not tried this, but I
>would be interested to know if anyone else out there has ever tried this
>approach
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>The method relies on the fact thet the laying workers are resident in
>the hive and do not forage. If you wait until mid evening and take the
>frames one by one to about 40 yards from the hive and shake the bees off
>onto the ground, the field bees will fly back to the hive. The laying
>workers however will not get back. You can then introduce a new queen in
>the usual way.
>
>Steve Pearce
>Perthshire
>Scotland
I do this and it works.  40 yards isn't entirely necessary, but it works.
 
bill fernihough  HONEY i s sweeter then wine.