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Offline addame

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the song of a virgin queen
« on: June 21, 2014, 08:41:28 am »
Hi every body,

Have anyone already heard a queen singing as in this video (http://youtu.be/0i57S1QNAmk)?
I took this video two days ago for one of my newly emerged virgin queens.

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Re: the song of a virgin queen
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2014, 08:54:35 am »
Its called Piping. It happens when there are more than one queen or queens in cells that are ready top emerge. JP has a video of at least 3 in an attic cut out It is a cool sound to experience.
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Re: the song of a virgin queen
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2014, 11:55:32 am »
great video addame!  was this from the hive with the cells that was about to swarm?

ps, i embedded your video for you.
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Re: the song of a virgin queen
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2014, 12:47:06 pm »
Soo Cool! I got to hear queens piping this spring during the swarming episode  :)
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Re: the song of a virgin queen
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2014, 06:17:48 pm »
It's pretty cool to hear. The first time I ever heard it I had only heard about it but knew exactly what it was.
Opened a hive a couple weeks back and had a brand new virgin stumbling around. When she would pipe others still in the cell would pipe back.

I was 40 miles from home in the little woman's car. Didn't have a nuc or any kind of box with me. I let nature take its course.

That won't happen again. You could say I wasn't lucky if you believe luck is when preparation meets opportunity.
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Re: the song of a virgin queen
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2014, 11:03:47 pm »
Thanks for posting, addame.
I don't know if I was hearing piping about a month ago or not.  It was in a newly installed package.  So, I hope I was wrong!  It was more of a zoozh sound.  Kind of with a Jewish accent(if you can image).  Of course I didn't have a camera or any recording device with me.  I have seen the queen in that hive.  She's a beauty.
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