General info- how quuens work

[seaninis]

Good evening... just trying to understand how queens work.if i have two hives (healthy and redundant) and place a new queen in the redundant one and take a frame from the good hive will the workers assume its is business as normal and just carry on or will they try and relocate back to their hive... watching the queen last night in my hive i was trying to understand the power they have over their workforce or can this be overcome by a geographical relocation?? wonderful things these bees eh?? Sean: hairpull:

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

If you mean to do it exactly like that then no it won't work. You could take a few frames of brood and a good shake of bees, puit them in a nuc and introduce the queen in a cage - they may accept her then you can put them in your 'redundant' hive when they are strong enough

 

[snelgrove]

If you mean to do it exactly like that then no it won't work. You could take a few frames of brood and a good shake of bees, puit them in a nuc and introduce the queen in a cage - they may accept her then you can put them in your 'redundant' hive when they are strong enough

Tried to answer the original question didn't no where to start

 

[Erichalfbee]

Good evening... just trying to understand how queens work.

They do as they are told by their offspring......mmmmmmmm?

 

[Davelin]

watching the queen last night in my hive i was trying to understand the power they have over their workforce Sean: hairpull:

Absolutely none!

as erica says it's the workers that control the queen.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

she's just an egg laying machine which they switch on and off as they please.

 

[Nige.Coll]

All the queen does is turn food into eggs and stink up the place. Slave not a ruler.

 

[Poly Hive]

All?

So pheromones count for nothing?

PH

 

[Nige.Coll]

All?

So pheromones count for nothing?

PH

Wasn't asked for an in depth answer.
They smell and lay eggs.
If they don't smell enough the bees raise a new one.
If they don't lay enough the bees raise a new one.
If they run out of sperm the whole lot goes tits up.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Right....just to clarify.
Are there bees in your redundant hive?
If so what is happening inside it?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Wasn't asked for an in depth answer.
They smell and lay eggs.
If they don't smell enough the bees raise a new one.
If they don't lay enough the bees raise a new one.
If they run out of sperm the whole lot goes tits up.

Exactly - and they have no control of the pheremones they produce either so if they run out, it's the workers that decide what happens to her.