Haehnle/Keppler wrote:
>
> Hi-all!
> Question:
> Is it nessesury that package-bees have a full developt queen with it. Would it
> be possible to send them just with a piece of open brut? Horizonticly fixt in
> the package-box? Or is it thinkeble to offer the pachage-bees just a piece of
> foam material enriched with the smell of a queen? I think this bees could be
> used to strengthen a small colony in spring without the cost of a queen, or the
> queen could be added somewhere else.
> Any experience and answers? Thanks at all.
>
> andreas haehnle
 
Most package suppliers offer booster packages for sale without queens.
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