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Date: | Sat, 1 May 1999 22:29:57 -0500 |
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Greetings all,
All beekeepers know that bees use a variety of things to communicate
with one another. Probably the most important are pheromones. The question
I have is, are these pheromones passed by contact, or circulated through the
hive? Specifically the queen pheromones. The reason I ask is that I have
had a mean hive that has been next to impossible to requeen. Every method
that I have tried has failed. A local master beekeeper suggested starting
her in a nuc above the old hive, with a double screen and cutting out queen
cells below. I did this 3 weeks ago, and she was accepted above and took
off well. He told me that I could now remove the screen, and unite the two.
I did that today, and sprayed down all the bees with sugar water. There
seemed to be a lot of fighting going on though, and now, I am concerned
about the queen. Will the bees below accept the queen? The old hive below
has been queenless since April 5. I searched the bees below, and found no
queen or eggs. Thanks all!
Scott Moser
" I believe that beekeeping mirrors life. One must endure a few stings to
reach the final sweet reward." S. Moser
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