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Re: Brood for sale?
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"David L. Green" <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 7 Apr 2000 09:23:52 EDT
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In a message dated 4/7/00 4:44:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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> The queen must have died recently.  I'm a new bee keeper but wouldn't it be
a
>  good idea to requeen.

   It's not usually a good idea to requeen broodless colonies. You need young
bees to get the new queen accepted.  (They may also have an unnoticed virgin
queen.)  I always add at least one panel (two is better) of sealed brood with
adhering bees, when requeening such a colony.

Dave Green
The Pollination Home Page:  http://pollinator.com

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