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Re: Russian Queens
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Tue, 14 May 2002 19:14:43 EDT
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Requeening ANY colony that has a lot of foraging age bees can be a problem
and a new queen is killed.  Requeening in the ABSENCE of a nectar flow is
also a difficult
problem.

However, installing as new queen, Russian or any other European mellifera, is
almost 100% successful when the new queen is installed in a colony of all
nurse bees with open brood and during a nectar flow enhanced with 1:1sugar
syrup.

I hope I have helped.

George Imirie
Certified EAS Master Beekeeper
Beginning my 70th year of beekeeping in Maryland
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