On Wed, 3 Sep 97 05:16:59 +0000, "MR WILLIAM L HUGHES JR."
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>I want to re-queen several of my colonies this fall, but I can not
>get to all of them in four days.  I have always tried not to keep
>queens for more than 4 to 5 days.  I need to re-queen over a ten day
>period.  So how do you bank queens for that long.
 
Hi, I have kept queens for several weeks or more by placing the cages
with all the worker bees removed face down on a queen excluder at the
top of a strong colony with three honey supers over another queen
excluder. This seems to keep them alive for quite a long time, but the
viability of the queens deteriorates with time. I believe this technique
would work well for ten days, but would not want to try to go much
longer. Good luck.
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Mark Jensen  Double J Apiaries [log in to unmask]
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