RoseCottage
Field Bee
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2009
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- Location
- Near Andover, UK
- Hive Type
- WBC
- Number of Hives
- From 5 to 2 and hopefully a better year
Whilst sitting in bed this morning we fell to talking about our bees and their general behaviour. At the moment we have one Thornes queen (new this year but carrying an 09 green dot) and a daughter of a Thornes queen (fresh this summer after a supersedure we think)
Both are well behaved. However, the green dot colony have been a little more feisty than our original colony.
So the question is, apart from buying new queens how do we 'breed' docile queens? How do Thornes do it? Is it something that we could try ourselves easily (where did we put our classical cd and portable cd player???)
All the best,
Sam
Both are well behaved. However, the green dot colony have been a little more feisty than our original colony.
So the question is, apart from buying new queens how do we 'breed' docile queens? How do Thornes do it? Is it something that we could try ourselves easily (where did we put our classical cd and portable cd player???)
All the best,
Sam