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Re: the best moment to remove yang queen
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Michael Palmer <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:02:15 -0400
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>   Is it as soon as queen starts laying
>or a month later, for example?


I am having wonderful results removing the queens soon after they begin to
lay. I can see no bad effects the following summer, when these queens are
in their prime. My season is too short to be waiting weeks, and
besides..the mating nucs would get too strong.
Mike


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