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Date: | Mon, 5 Jul 2004 08:26:12 -0400 |
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I recently installed a few queens using the JZ/BZ cages. Unfortunately, I
think I put them in incorrectly. I "hung" them from the top bar with the
opening pointing up. The SOP that I have seen is that she should come out
onto a frame of brood, eggs and MT cells. I did this two days ago. Should
I open up the hives and turn the cages around? Two of the colonies were
splits. The third was a replacement for last years queen who was doing a
marginal job.
I was going to install a fourth in a previous split, but when I pulled the
queen, I had her on my hive tool, and put her on a fence post. I "chopped"
her, but before I could ascertain whether I had done the deed, she fell off
the post. Of course I had the upper body sitting there, and while I did a
search, did not see her. When re-queening, I normally would kill the queen
one day, then install the new one the next. This is what I did with the
splits. So, I figured I would wait a day (been two), and look for her/find
etc, and install the new queen. Thanks...JK
Jonathan B. Kriebel
Das Sauen Õhr Farm
3229 Zepp Rd.
Green Lane, PA 18054-2357
Telephone: (610) 864-8581
Facsimile: (215) 234-8573
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