beeno
Queen Bee
- Joined
- Apr 25, 2011
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- Location
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- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5
Hi Dominic,
Not surprisingly, I am with itma on this one. However, I did put empty drawn frame into one of my colonies thinking queenie did not have enough laying space and they filled that with nectar too!
Swarmy bees imho is often created by the beek in overfeeding and consequent lack of space in the hive i.e. crowding -too many bees, not enough queen pheromone to get through to all the bees and lack of laying space for all the syrup.
If you do have a drone laying queen no one has mentioned that a lot of your brood frames will be ruined by spring.
Remember reading an article about pure bred bees on some isolated island and quite a few ended up breeding with drones from their own colonies in the DCA. Pargyle, Itchy may well have hit the text books already, and thanks for the recap, but a lot of people on this forum still believe in garden matings.
Not surprisingly, I am with itma on this one. However, I did put empty drawn frame into one of my colonies thinking queenie did not have enough laying space and they filled that with nectar too!
Swarmy bees imho is often created by the beek in overfeeding and consequent lack of space in the hive i.e. crowding -too many bees, not enough queen pheromone to get through to all the bees and lack of laying space for all the syrup.
If you do have a drone laying queen no one has mentioned that a lot of your brood frames will be ruined by spring.
Remember reading an article about pure bred bees on some isolated island and quite a few ended up breeding with drones from their own colonies in the DCA. Pargyle, Itchy may well have hit the text books already, and thanks for the recap, but a lot of people on this forum still believe in garden matings.