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On Wed, 31 May 1995, Gordon Scott wrote:
> Personally, I'm now convinced I should clip queens. It appears not to
> hurt them, although they can't be too keen on being flightless, but in
> the UK at least swarms are IMHO definitely not a good idea.
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> How to do it? The best method I've seen so far is to catch her and hold
> her with her head towards the palm on the ball of your thumb,
> restraining her with your first and second finger. Cut off at least
> half of at least one wing with a good fine pair of scissors.
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> _Don't cut her legs!!!_
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Watch out though! do not cut the wing too short. If you cut the wing
completely, what is a clipped queen for you is a crippled queen for its
bees. A crippled queen is superseded by the bees sooner or later. I
talk by experience.
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