Beekeeping: Requeening Update 1
I’m still trying to figure out what to do. Requeen or not requeen. Hopefully I know in a day or two.
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I’m still trying to figure out what to do. Requeen or not requeen. Hopefully I know in a day or two.
@GivingItAGo Not looking so good now. I think the hive is too far gone.
LDSPrepper
December 31, 2011 at 9:46 pm
Perhaps the queen dropped off onto the grass when you were inspecting the frames. I hope you find a solution. I look forward to finding out what happened.
GivingItAGo
December 31, 2011 at 10:42 pm
@AnnBearForFreedom It is a very common practice to take bees from one hive and literly dump them into a different hive to help them. They do quite well that way. The queen will only work with one hive though. I need a new queen. I may take eggs/larvae from hive #2 and put it in hive #1. The bees will then raise a new queen.
LDSPrepper
December 31, 2011 at 10:58 pm
@generalbomax We have lots of very experienced very willing beekeepers in my local beekeeping association. I sent out an email asking if one of them will help. Hopefully someone does.
LDSPrepper
December 31, 2011 at 11:08 pm
@paidskn1488 And it wasn’t even the week-end! 😉
LDSPrepper
January 1, 2012 at 12:01 am
@rchopp Yes. This is a nightly ritual. It is like when too many people are in a room with no air conditioning. The more that leave the room the cooler the room is. They bees regulate the temperature by either leaving or fanning their wings.
LDSPrepper
January 1, 2012 at 12:43 am
This is coming from someone who admittedly knows NOTHING about bees, but….since there seems to be _considerably_ fewer bees in the first box, couldn’t you combine the two “families”? Or do bees not work that way? Could one queen unite the two different boxes? Whatever the solution is, I am sending healing energy and light to your bee families.
AnnBearForFreedom
January 1, 2012 at 1:40 am
Sounds like you need to find a mentor in your area to help you do a good inspection to see what is going on, i.e. supercedure cells, overcrowding, etc.
generalbomax
January 1, 2012 at 1:45 am
Dam those bees sure can throw a party!
paidskn1488
January 1, 2012 at 2:06 am
I can’t wait to hear the results. Please make sure you post what the “Pro’s” have to say about this. Very interesting! and YEP, we still have a lot to learn.
Sheila6325
January 1, 2012 at 2:57 am
I love these videos thanks for sharing, I hope this doesn’t sound dumb but are they getting cooled off by being outside of the hive?
rchopp
January 1, 2012 at 3:53 am