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General Non-Mantis Discussion
Other Insects & Invertebrates
Beekeeping
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<blockquote data-quote="ScienceGirl" data-source="post: 250679" data-attributes="member: 7015"><p>Okay, here's the update.</p><p></p><p>We'll pick up a new hive. Beekeeping mentor and I will inspect it to be sure it is queenright and productive before I purchase it and bring it home.</p><p></p><p>As for the "Hooray for <u>(whatever gov. they're fixed on)</u>. Down with the queen!" hive . . . mentor says to either let them die out so I'll have their equiptment, or to insert a frame of brood from the colony I'll buy. He said that once they've made the queen cells, they'll want to kill whatever queen I introduce, and that the supersedure cells they made were probably not fertilized correctly. By putting in a fresh frame of properly fertilized female eggs and larva, the colony can try to raise a queen to mate with local drones. (Crossing my fingers on this one. I paid for the hive, so I don't want it to die out. C'mon bees, please??? I'm feeding you syrup and everything!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ScienceGirl, post: 250679, member: 7015"] Okay, here's the update. We'll pick up a new hive. Beekeeping mentor and I will inspect it to be sure it is queenright and productive before I purchase it and bring it home. As for the "Hooray for [U](whatever gov. they're fixed on)[/U]. Down with the queen!" hive . . . mentor says to either let them die out so I'll have their equiptment, or to insert a frame of brood from the colony I'll buy. He said that once they've made the queen cells, they'll want to kill whatever queen I introduce, and that the supersedure cells they made were probably not fertilized correctly. By putting in a fresh frame of properly fertilized female eggs and larva, the colony can try to raise a queen to mate with local drones. (Crossing my fingers on this one. I paid for the hive, so I don't want it to die out. C'mon bees, please??? I'm feeding you syrup and everything!) [/QUOTE]
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