On Wed, 30 Aug 1995, Kelley Rosenlund wrote: > On page 246 of Eva Crane's Bees and Beekeeping, she briefly talks about > storing many queens (in boxes)in hives for later use. Has anyone tried this > and with what success? Hi Kelly, I haven't seen a reply to this yet, so I'll offer my little knowledge. I haven't used the method -- I'm too small to have enough queens, but I'm confident that many people do use it. A number of people raising queens in modest quantities have assured me that it's their preferred method of keeping them for a time. I have this feeling that I've even heard of people overwintering them like that, but I am rather sceptical about that. I don't believe there are problems with fighting if the queens are physically separated. I doubt it's a good idea to store them _too_ long as queens _do_ want to lay eggs and will get upset. Hopefully someone else will soon give some first-hand information. Regards, -- Gordon Scott [log in to unmask] CompuServe 100332,3310 [log in to unmask] CompuServe 100070,413 Beekeeper; Kendo 3rd Dan; Sometime sailor. The Basingstoke Beekeeper (newsletter) [log in to unmask]