BEE-L Archives

Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology

BEE-L@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM

Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
From:
Mike Tooley <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 20 Apr 2002 07:11:12 -0700
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (14 lines)
   > Don't waste your queen on a futile effort to requeen the laying
>worker

 Like most ,I consider a laying worker hive an aberration of
nature,totally without merit.However,if during swarm season,you know of a
laying worker hive or two in the yard,you can grab a few swarm cells and
stick in them.Most of them will come up with a queen and can build back up
before fall.Later in the season its best to just shake them out and put the
hive into storage.But throwing in swarm cells or even virgins will often do
the trick.As for trying to save them with a mated queen,better to just mash
her between your fingers and save yourself some labor,the odds are that
bad.
----Mike

ATOM RSS1 RSS2