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Bill Ruzicka <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 27 Mar 2005 23:29:06 -0500
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Whenever I have had to replace a bad or a lost queen in a hive I have done
so using an entire nuk including the queen.

Firstly, these queens are already laying and you can evaluate how “good”
the replacement queen is.  Secondly, the bigger the nuk - the better.
Thirdly, put the old colony into the lower box and put the nuk on top.
Fill the extra space with a few honey frames and the rest empty frames.
Fourthly, when joining the two boxes, rest the top box partially on the
bottom box and spray a one second blast of JOHNSON GLADE DEODORANT
(fragrance free) between the two boxes.  This eliminates the pheromones
and makes joining the colonies much easier – there is no need for
newspaper.

This works well.

Bill Ruzicka
Bill's Honey Farm - Home of MiteGone: The Formic Acid Evaporator Pad.
Kelowna, British Columbia, CANADA

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