MJBee
Drone Bee
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2008
- Messages
- 1,812
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- Location
- Dordogne 24360 France
- Hive Type
- Commercial
- Number of Hives
- 16 a mix of Commercial, National, 14 x 12, Dadant and a Warre
4 of the 6 queen cells I had in the incubator produced beautiful queens this morning good news.
No apideas ready - bad news. The weather was not good +9c overcast with a moderate breeze, but needs must and I shook two supers of young bees into a box and loaded the apideas with a cup full each. that was at 1430, at 1730 they were roaring and in a total panic so I ran a virgin into each, after 5 minutes they had quietened down so hopefully the queens have been accepted.
I plan to leave them shut in until Wednesday am is this long enough/too long? any advice will be gratefully accepted - my first go with apideas.
Mike
No apideas ready - bad news. The weather was not good +9c overcast with a moderate breeze, but needs must and I shook two supers of young bees into a box and loaded the apideas with a cup full each. that was at 1430, at 1730 they were roaring and in a total panic so I ran a virgin into each, after 5 minutes they had quietened down so hopefully the queens have been accepted.
I plan to leave them shut in until Wednesday am is this long enough/too long? any advice will be gratefully accepted - my first go with apideas.
Mike