Worldwide Beekeeping
Beekeeping => General Beekeeping => Topic started by: rober on April 18, 2018, 08:40:01 pm
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I checked the hives at an outyard today. I gave them some syrup last week but left the remaining candy & the 2" spacers. 3 of the hives had 5 & 6 frames of brood & quite a few drones. 1 hive built a lot of comb in the 2" space between the frames & inner covers. I shook the bees off the comb & put the remaining candy & comb in a 1 gallon bucket. because there was brood in the comb I looked it over in case the queen was on it. thru everything the back of the truck & headed home. 1 1/2 hours later I started a pot of syrup on the hot plate & started putting the candy in the pot. then came the OH SHOOT moment!!! crawling up the side of the bucket & wet with syrup I spot the queen!!!! I do not know how she survived without being crushed or blown out the back or chilled to death. I grabbed her with a queen clip. put her in a battery box & raced back to the yard. I put the spacer back on the hive & put her clip & all on top of the frames. my thinking is that the workers can tend to her in the clip & if she croaks i'll know where she is. i'll check her Friday morning as i'm tied up tomorrow. this just goes to show how easy it is to overlook a queen. I looked that comb over after shaking off the bees & missed her. I hope she survives. this hive had 5 frames of brood.
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she should be alright rober, and the bees were probably happy to have her back........
i would have just released her back in.
she just took a trip to 'rober' land and back........ :D :D :laugh:
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Yeah they would have started emergency cells by then and having her caged up she can't lay so you have turned her into a non laying queen. I agree with Riverbee. Should have released her.
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i'm driving to Cape Girardeau Mo in the morning. I can swing by that yard on the way home to on check her after that. if she's still alive i'll release her. if she survives that long she should be fine.
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What tales she'll have to tell! :)
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Started taking my boots off after dealing with about 18 hives one day.. and find a queen crawling up my leg.... $@#%!&^$#@!
had to go through all of those hives again...
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at least I know which hive this queen was in. i'm going to release this afternoon when it warms up a bit.
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Started taking my boots off after dealing with about 18 hives one day.. and find a queen crawling up my leg.... $@#%!&^$#@!
had to go through all of those hives again...
Now that is an "Oh Shoot!" situation! :)
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swung by that yard today & her majesty was alive & well. now to see if she is still the laying machine she had been.
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I'm sure she is just fine, maybe even appreciated the change of scenery for a bit? ;D
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I'm sure she is just fine, maybe even appreciated the change of scenery for a bit? ;D
LOL Yep! I am sure she appreciated the excitement and is telling ALL the other girls about it!
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Good Deal!