wondervet
House Bee
- Joined
- Aug 8, 2010
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- Location
- west yorkshire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 6
I am interested in the possibility of requeening with foil-protected sealed queen cells. basically it sounds like it might be possible to do it with a minimum of colony disturbance, cost or effort.
I've read some stuff about reasonable success rates with just introducing a QC to a Q+ colony without killing original Q.
i have a question tho. Is there likely to be a fight to the death in the immediate aftermath of hatching and then a broodless period if the newly hatched Q is the victor? Or what are the chances that the colony treats it as a forced supercedure with the original queen keeping laying until the newbie is mated?
thanks in anticipation.
I've read some stuff about reasonable success rates with just introducing a QC to a Q+ colony without killing original Q.
i have a question tho. Is there likely to be a fight to the death in the immediate aftermath of hatching and then a broodless period if the newly hatched Q is the victor? Or what are the chances that the colony treats it as a forced supercedure with the original queen keeping laying until the newbie is mated?
thanks in anticipation.