Worldwide Beekeeping
Beekeeping => Swarms, Cut Outs, Trap Outs and Bee Trees => Topic started by: jb63 on July 27, 2019, 03:37:21 pm
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It's pretty simple. Set up a rober box with syrup in it. A few days later add the cone shaped screen and a frame of eggs.Let the bees make a new queen. The end.
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Do the older foragers take care of eggs, larvae, and capped brood as well as nurse bees?
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I think so Dozen, I'll let you know how it turns out.
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This is in the experimental stage? Will the foraging aka robbing bees realize their circumstances in time to rear a queen from a new, appropriate age egg?
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Yes, it's a experiment. And that's a good question about them finding out about their queenless situation. We shall see.
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First, I would use a plexiglas inner lid to see how many bees were in it without allowing them to escape.
Second, I would insert a frame of eggs and a frame of capped brood to care for the queen cell and new larva.
Third, I would move them a few miles before removing the cone and allowing them to fly.
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Thx Iddee. I got two out of three right. The plexiglass is the one I missed out on. When I moved them there was only about 50 bees in there. It didn't help that there was a pencil size hole in the corner of the box.
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The concept sounds resonable to me. Essentially you are doing a trap-in as opposed to a trap-out. Iddee is the past master of trap-outs so I would listen to his advice. :)
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Here it is with the plexiglass. There are enough to cover the brood. I'll take a pic tomorrow afternoon and see what the population is like.
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So the Plexiglas inner cover is key, also I used a frame feeder and that was a mistake . I'm out of time for this year but maybe next year I will try it again. It seems like an easy way to make a queen-less hive.