Harry Goudie,
Lochluichart, Scotland.
Knitwear Page: http://freespace.virgin.net/luichart.woollens/
-----Original Message-----
From: Allen Dick <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 19 November 1998 12:32
Subject: Quick Requeening
>Okay. How about this idea?
>
>Requeening is one of the toughest jobs in beekeeping and often invoves an
>interruption in brood rearing plus a lot of work for the beekeeper.
>Sometime it does not work and results in queenlessness.
>
>Why not do it in the winter when little, if any brood, is being reared?
Rather than risk a queen why not try dropping another bee into the cluster
and see how it is treated first?