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Introducing A New Queen
Jen:
I have a cranky hive, it was cranky two seasons ago, it was cranky last year, and it's more cranky this spring, but the hive is plentiful with bees and the queen is present as of 5 days ago inspection.
I haven't switched out a queen on a mean hive before.
In your experiences, does it take longer for a new queen to be introduced with cranky bees, like leave her in her cage a few more days?
And how many days should I off the present queen before introducing the new queen?
iddee:
I don't wait. I introduce the new one when I dispatch the old one. If going from Italian to Italian, I pull the candy end cork and check for eggs in 7 days.
If changing form Italian to Russian, or other strain change, I pull the candy end cork after 3 days, then check for eggs 7 days after that.
Bakersdozen:
--- Quote from: iddee on April 05, 2022, 03:49:07 pm ---I don't wait. I introduce the new one when I dispatch the old one.
--- End quote ---
They will know with in 15 minutes that they are queenless. You thought they were cranky before...
Zweefer:
I usually direct release after I pinch the offending queen. 15 - 20 min or so later that is…
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Jen:
Cranky hive is getting more aggressive by the day. I can't let this hive swarm in my neighborhood. If it does swarm, the queen cells left behind will hatch a new queen and she will go up and get mated from drones from cranky hive or my other two hives. So the potential of having another cranky hive is at large... right?
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