BEE-L Archives

Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology

BEE-L@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
Re: opening hives frequently
From:
Mike S <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 26 Dec 2017 04:40:28 +0000
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (11 lines) 
>>>   ... used to cage the queen in a spring-held, screen, tea cozy...     ... thought I was protecting the queen, until one day we re-examined our test colonies and found that some colonies had decided to ball their own queen shortly after she was release.

<><><>  I came across the idea of carrying a small, light two frame box with me and putting the queen and the frame she was on in the two frame box until inspection/manipulation was over and then replacing her, still on the frame, back into the colony.

Mike in LA

             ***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software.  For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html

ATOM RSS1 RSS2