air freshener introduction

[TryingToLetThemBee]

There won't be when I do it. It was you who said 'the bees kill the virgin and raise emergency QCs from their sisters'

Oh I get it. Sorry; you meant virgin and QC, not egg and no egg. Virgin in wet bees is well established.

 

[Into the lions den]

I have not used an air freshener to introduce a virgin queen before. Usually the use of air fresheners is for combining hives, one of which must be queen less.

Actually we combine colonies regularly without making one queenless. It works just fine. You do the dequeening bit though if there is one of the queens you definitely DONT want to be the one remaining after the 'sort out' that will take place.

 

[enrico]

Actually we combine colonies regularly without making one queenless. It works just fine. You do the dequeening bit though if there is one of the queens you definitely DONT want to be the one remaining after the 'sort out' that will take place.

Can you explain to us all exactly how you do that, do you just put them together?
Thanks

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Introducing VQs is notoriously hard.

No it's not - a colony will usually ignore a virgin when she first runs in.

 

[Beefriendly]

Can you explain to us all exactly how you do that, do you just put them together?
Thanks

He already did Enrico in a previous thread. Yes, they just stick them together and let them battle it out.
IIRC there was an 85% chance of the youngest queen winning the battle. In a commercial situation that is pretty good odds.

 

[enrico]

He already did Enrico in a previous thread. Yes, they just stick them together and let them battle it out.
IIRC there was an 85% chance of the youngest queen winning the battle. In a commercial situation that is pretty good odds.

Thanks, must have missed it.
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[maddydog]

Thanks, must have missed it.
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The thread was 'two queens' and you posted in it!

 

[Finman]

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Usual smoke is good in introduction too.

 

[Millet]

The thread was 'two queens' and you posted in it!

Nothing wrong with forgetting thing's when you have a busy life, i do it on a daily basis, i start one of many job's then jump onto another and so on, in the end all them jobs are half finished , i do exactly the same on these Forums.. i'm a member on several groups and it sure is hard to keep up to scratch during busy times..

 

[Millet]

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Usual smoke is good in introduction too.

A good Old Cuban Cigar i gather..

 

[SDM]

No it's not - a colony will usually ignore a virgin when she first runs in.

As long as she's under 24hrs and emerged in an incubator. If she's older.or has hive scent you might get her through the door but she won't last a week.

 

[Quis Custodiet]

As long as she's under 24hrs and emerged in an incubator. If she's older.or has hive scent you might get her through the door but she won't last a week.

Absolutely correct.

 

[maddydog]

Nothing wrong with forgetting thing's when you have a busy life, i do it on a daily basis, i start one of many job's then jump onto another and so on, in the end all them jobs are half finished , i do exactly the same on these Forums.. i'm a member on several groups and it sure is hard to keep up to scratch during busy times..

Aye, but Enrico's a lot brighter than you.

 

[piggy]

It would seem that no forum member has used air freshener to introduce a virgin Q to a Q- nuc.

 

[enrico]

Aye, but Enrico's a lot brighter than you.

Xxxxxxxxxxx your fivers in the post
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[madasafish]

It would seem that no forum member has used air freshener to introduce a virgin Q to a Q- nuc.

I have run several in through the entrance of mini mating nucs: they survived.. Just emerged within 1 day of emergence - caged in finisher hive.

 

[Millet]

Aye, but Enrico's a lot brighter than you.

I'm wounded..

 

[Quis Custodiet]

It would seem that no forum member has used air freshener to introduce a virgin Q to a Q- nuc.

I have sometimes used it when introducing queens, but never on its own and only when introduction conditions were optimal. At worst it did no harm and it may well have had a beneficial effect.

 

[Wilfred Pickles]

A good Old Cuban Cigar i gather..

That sounds like a Telegraph crossword clue.