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:
Aaron Morris <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 6 Mar 2003 07:59:35 -0500
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (27 lines)
[log in to unmask] asked when to requeen in the Northeast.

Again, all beekeeping is local.  George's advice for beekeeping in Maryland
(the Northeast) may not be the same advice I'd give for upstate New York
(the Northeast) which is a lot closer to Vermont (the Northeast).  Best time
to requeen in the Northeast?  When your bees need a new queen!  This is
different than, "When is the best time to implement a regular regimen of
requeening a hive?"  For implementing a regular regimen, I'll stand in
George's corner and back the recommendation of fall requeening, with the
caveat that fall arrives a lot earlier in Vermont and upstate New York than
it does in Maryland (where the only palm trees grow in shopping malls).

So, getting down to really local beekeeping, in Vermont (what part of
Vermont? - beekeeping is very much influenced by microclimates, which can
differ within tens of miles), I'd set up a nuc about mid-July with queens
from Kirk Webster (if he can keep ahead of the demand), and when the nuc is
going strong by early mid-August, I'd combine it with the colony to be
requeened (after giving that colony's queen the hive tool test).  This is
YOUR ideal time.  You';; have a fall requeening with a local queen, just
when the golden rod is peaking and the asters are about to come on.

Aaron Morris - I think, therefore I bee!

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
-- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/BEE-L for rules, FAQ and  other info ---
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

ATOM RSS1 RSS2