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Queen Bee
- Joined
- Mar 4, 2011
- Messages
- 12,320
- Reaction score
- 3,683
- Location
- Somerset levels
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5
Hit 18⁰ here so decided to inspect a couple of hives.
Put a queen excluder between a brood and a half boxes. Looked for the queen in the half. There she is...a big golden one..promptly flew off! I swear I heard her shout April Fool.
Decided to combine very small hive with a queen with a queen less hive. Quick squirt of air freshener and put the boxes together. Went back to remove the floor from the old site and there is the queen (not the one that flew off the one that should have been combined!!!)
Quickly popped her in a box and dropped her in the hive she should have gone in..... Was that April Fool I heard again?
Think I may be checking for eggs in five days in a couple of hives now
Put a queen excluder between a brood and a half boxes. Looked for the queen in the half. There she is...a big golden one..promptly flew off! I swear I heard her shout April Fool.
Decided to combine very small hive with a queen with a queen less hive. Quick squirt of air freshener and put the boxes together. Went back to remove the floor from the old site and there is the queen (not the one that flew off the one that should have been combined!!!)
Quickly popped her in a box and dropped her in the hive she should have gone in..... Was that April Fool I heard again?
Think I may be checking for eggs in five days in a couple of hives now