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Date: | Tue, 25 Feb 1997 10:02:47 EST |
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Paul Cronshaw wrote:
>Went back two days later.. and she was dead in the box. In retrospect I
>should have put her in one of the wooden, screen queen shipping cages and
>left her in for longer (3 days), then manually released her.
Last year I had a hive that swarmed and then, for some reason, the new
queen just wasn't a good layer. The hive was despondent and was losing
population. I decided to requeen. I bought a new buckfast queen from
Weaver's in Navasota, TX, a more local and very reputable supplier.
Before putting the wooden queen cage in the hive I released all of the
attendants. I found the old queen, pinched her and left her in the
bottom of the hive. I set the queen cage in the hive, candy end up,
and left the hive alone for several days. When I went back to check on
her the queen was dead. The bees had eaten away the candy and killed
her for some reason. I was out $14. Does this just happen sometimes?
Is there a better way?
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