Another Bob  asks:
>Can I safely assume that this includes fall requeening?

I never requeen in fall but combine the *dinks* and take equipment away from
laying worker and queenless hives.

Another Bob asks:
> I have read a lot of good things about fall requeening and would

Search as you may the archives you will not find me saying good things about
fall requeening as I consider labor intensive and needs done at a time of
the year I am the busiest.

If you ever get a chance to buy or watch the video made by two of my
favorite people James Tew & Kim Flottum do!

The video is  "Finding the queen" from Bee Culture's Beekeeping Workshop

Jim opens a very strong fall hive to find the queen EXACTLY LIKE I OR YOU
WOULD if the queen HAD TO BE FOUND.

After going through all the frames twice and not finding the queen he closes
the hive with a queen excluder between the boxes and returns another day.
Been there done that!

I love the video because it is a lesson in real life beekeeping. Not a video
that shows the opening of the hive and then flashes to a frame the queen is
on.

The above video shows how to shake all bees on a sheet in front of the hive
with a queen excluder on the bottom board. Jim is successful the first time
but I had to try a couple times before I was successful using the method the
first time years ago.

In my opinion queens are only easy to find in a hive one time a year and
then is when I check and requeen!

Bob Harrison

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