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Offline Jen

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Packaged bees and queen
« on: March 01, 2014, 04:08:49 pm »
Does a package of bees come with a mated queen?
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Re: Packaged bees and queen
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2014, 04:14:05 pm »
If advertised as a PACKAGE it usually has a queen. If you specify you can get a virgin queen or no queen from most places.
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Re: Packaged bees and queen
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2014, 04:20:32 pm »
Thanks!  ;) 8)
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Re: Packaged bees and queen
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2014, 04:29:29 pm »
You may already know this but package often(about 30% of the time) superscede the queen sent with them so you end up with a virgin queen that breeds locally which ain't always a bad thing unless you live in AHB country. Jim
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