Introducing virgin queens

[Finman]

same, though i hsve seen it work

they have to be less than a hour old i was told

My experience is that bees kill those just born queens. First they do not react but queens disapear.

 

[The Drone Ranger]

Snelgrove advised to soak the queen in a matchbox

I find if you want to introduce a virgin queen to a hive a good spraying with lukewarm water from a hand sprayer first then slip her into the broodbox at night works for me.

 

[Finman]

Snelgrove advised to soak the queen in a matchbox

I find if you want to introduce a virgin queen to a hive a good spraying with lukewarm water from a hand sprayer first then slip her into the broodbox at night works for me.

I have stopped to risk queens' life with all kind of tricks. When bees have such feeling that they do not want a new queen and they want to rear their own, I have time to wait 5 days that they cap emercengy cells.

The result of pushing a queen into hive is that often queen is violated. Its antenna is rigid by poison, claws from leg away, rigid leg and so on.

 

[Hebeegeebee]

If the bees aren't completely and utterly confuzzed.............................................................................................it's no wonder they are struggling......
All this experimental intrusions in time slot that resembles 10000000000th second in bee existance, no wonder we are killing the Honey Bee!

A species perfectly adapted, being existing through all, for Millions of years, latterly working with men who have worked by the bee's laws, now have to work by MANY MAN'S LAWS.......

Suddenly unable to choose, by Darwins Law,

The wonders of a forum is that we can learn best practice from others and realize our mistakes and work WITH the bees and their natural behaviour. Darwin still works. If we don't work with Nature we mess up!

 

[Hebeegeebee]

My experience is that bees kill those just born queens. First they do not react but queens disapear.

My experience too - although I have not done it much.

 

[Norton]

The wonders of a forum is that we can learn best practice from others and realize our mistakes and work WITH the bees and their natural behaviour. Darwin still works. If we don't work with Nature we mess up!

 

[The Drone Ranger]

I have stopped to risk queens' life with all kind of tricks. When bees have such feeling that they do not want a new queen and they want to rear their own, I have time to wait 5 days that they cap emercengy cells.

The result of pushing a queen into hive is that often queen is violated. Its antenna is rigid by poison, claws from leg away, rigid leg and so on.

Not tricks my friend L.E. Snelgrove "Introduction of Queen Bees" wrote his book in the 1920's you should get a copy.

Incidentally Darwin did keep bees but never professed himself an expert and didn't publish any books on the subject.

 

[Finman]

Not tricks my friend L.E. Snelgrove "Introduction of Queen Bees" wrote his book in the 1920's you should get a copy.

Incidentally Darwin did keep bees but never professed himself an expert and didn't publish any books on the subject.

I have 50 years experience. It should be enough to one man.
What ever some one has written, I cannot
cast away my experience.

Nowadays my queen rearing and installing losses are near zero.
I have not problems. Problems are somewhere else.

I do not kill my queen. It is a big job to rear them.

I have managed without Snelgrove and Darwin and I will do further.

And don't say Brother Adam...

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[Finman]

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To write a book about introduging queens? That is too fat to be true.

The shortest fairy tale in the world: "Once upon a time there was a king who has that long that.

 

[The Drone Ranger]

The wonders of a forum is that we can learn best practice from others and realize our mistakes and work WITH the bees and their natural behaviour. Darwin still works. If we don't work with Nature we mess up!

Finman says Darwin is irrelevant

I doubt you would learn much about beekeeping from monkeys

 

[Finman]

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Drone Ranger? What is that? A Gay Club?

Once upon a time there were 3 men in an elevator, 2 Swedish and one Fin.
A Fin let a fart.

Then a Fin went out, the Swedish said to another: "Virgin".

 

[Norton]

yes well!

 

[protheroe]

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Drone Ranger? What is that? A Gay Club?

Once upon a time there were 3 men in an elevator, 2 Swedish and one Fin.
A Fin let a fart.

Then a Fin went out, the Swedish said to another: "Virgin".

is it time to get the flak jackets out

 

[The Drone Ranger]

Finman

You are a credit to your country

with 50 years of beekeeping experience and such eloquence I expect you are very much in demand -- Speaking engagements and so on

How I regret that we here in the UK have no-one of your pre eminence to represent us in this forum

I worship at the feet of a master beekeeper and thank you for your words of wisdom

Drones are male bees incidentally you probably have another word for them in Finland (as indeed we may have for you)

Once again thank you for your incredible insights into the state of Finnish beekeeping you must make your home country so very proud

 

[Luminos]

Finman - have you got a brother called Fatman?