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Beekeeping => General Beekeeping => Topic started by: Dunkel on April 06, 2014, 10:34:47 pm

Title: Another queenless hive
Post by: Dunkel on April 06, 2014, 10:34:47 pm

I have another hive re-queening itself.  Of course I find this out while pulling a frame and tearing their best queen cell.  They have two others, one nicer than the other.  I supposed to have 5 queens coming this week.  I think I may just make up a nuc using the queen cell, and introduce one of the queens into the hive.  Can I just install a caged queen the same time I remove the cell or should I wait some time in between?

Title: Re: Another queenless hive
Post by: riverbee on April 07, 2014, 11:28:21 am

for myself dunkel, i would cut the cell, and any cells and put the caged queen in, slow release.  others may say wait.

Title: Re: Another queenless hive
Post by: iddee on April 07, 2014, 11:38:00 am

Make you nuc and put the queen in the hive, in her cage. Let them release her. I do it all at once, most wait a while. Two hours is enough for them to know they are queenless. Twenty four hours and they have started new q-cells.

Title: Re: Another queenless hive
Post by: blueblood on April 07, 2014, 11:43:20 am

I had forgotten how long it would take for them to start the queen cells.  Thanks for the wisdom once again Iddee.

Title: Re: Another queenless hive
Post by: LazyBkpr on April 07, 2014, 07:00:59 pm

Quote from: iddee on April 07, 2014, 11:38:00 am

Make you nuc and put the queen in the hive, in her cage. Let them release her. I do it all at once, most wait a while. Two hours is enough for them to know they are queenless. Twenty four hours and they have started new q-cells.

  Thank you Iddee..   I always argue against the waiting three days thing.