Snail368
House Bee
- Joined
- Feb 9, 2011
- Messages
- 101
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- Location
- Daventry
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 3
I had a DLQ last year that neither I nor an expert could find (tried sieving, tried shaking 50 yards away). So divided the colony into 2 brood boxes, divided the 2 with a Queen Excluder. Left it for 3 days, than looked for half with newly laid eggs in. Moved BB with eggs (and DLQ) in to another location around 10 yards away. Introduced new queen in Butler cage to BB that didn't have eggs and put in old location. Flying bees from DLQ's brood box returned to original location and joined new queen. Finally when new queen had been accepted, shook out DLQ and workers onto ground and left them to sort themselves out.
Worked for me!
Worked for me!