BVR>From: Bill Van Roekel <[log in to unmask]>
   >To: Multiple recipients of list BEE-L <[log in to unmask]>
   >Date:         Mon, 20 May 1996 09:34:16 -0400
   >Subject:      Re: Swarming
 
BVR>>Make up the divide as above, add the queen, making sure the cork is out
   >>of the candy hole. Place the queen between two frames of brood below the
   >>wood top bar, candy hole down at a angle to the brood combs to
 
BVR>Although I've never seen it happen, I've been cautioned to put the candy
   >hole up in case the nurse bees in the cage die, they will not block the hol
   >preventing the queen's release.  If you check the hive in a week or two as
   >Andy suggests, this would not be a problem since you would discover it and
   >either release the queen directly or clear the hole.  However, you may miss
   >a few days of laying, especially if you can't get back to your hive for awh
   >Roekel
 
To each his own. If I had my druthers I would not instal any queen with
worker bees so that would not be a problem, but realize that many here
can not purchase them in bulk packages or do not rear their own and
removing the attendants in a queen cage can be done but much care must
be given to keeping the queen from flying away or being injured.
 
The idea of having the candy hole down was to prevent it from being
flooded with honey if a beekeeper or his helper does not notice and
pushes the cage into some nice fat comb filled with honey, many times
a problem here in a good spring flow with unskilled help.
 
Beekeeping has never been a avocation that one could follow the text
book rules as every hive is an individual and few can read the books
anyway so up or down makes little difference as long as the queen get
out without injury.
 
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