Jambo
House Bee
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- Aberdeenshire
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- National
- Number of Hives
- 10+
Hi all
I have a drone laying queen so my thinking is to squash her and unite the decent population of bees with a nearby colony.
I consulted de Bruyn's book and in the uniting part he states uniting can be used to sort out laying workers but not DLQs. He doesn't say why, nor does he suggest a remedy for DLQs elsewhere in the text (that I can find).
I intend to go ahead as it works for others and I can't see any reason it wouldn't work -
but I'm curious, any idea why he says this?
Thanks
I have a drone laying queen so my thinking is to squash her and unite the decent population of bees with a nearby colony.
I consulted de Bruyn's book and in the uniting part he states uniting can be used to sort out laying workers but not DLQs. He doesn't say why, nor does he suggest a remedy for DLQs elsewhere in the text (that I can find).
I intend to go ahead as it works for others and I can't see any reason it wouldn't work -
but I'm curious, any idea why he says this?
Thanks