Virgin queen introduction

[Grub]

Hi All

Any good tips on Virgin Queen introduction to a nuc .

Grub

 

[Poly Hive]

The norm is plonk her in as she has not really much of a scent yet and the bees will accept her.

PH

 

[meidel]

Agree with PH

 

[DanBee]

I assume we're talking a queenless nuc?

 

[Grub]

I assume we're talking a queenless nuc?

yes

 

[Freer4]

Does this apply if there's a laying worker in there?

 

[Finman]

The norm is plonk her in as she has not really much of a scent yet and the bees will accept her.

PH

Bees kill virgin later. So tens of times. Not good.
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[Finman]

Does this apply if there's a laying worker in there?

There is no A laying workers. They are tens or hundreds.
It has no meaning.

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[Finman]

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If the virgin is from your hives, take nuc bees from the hive which has reared the queen.

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[Finman]

I assume we're talking a queenless nuc?

Splended idea!


If the nuc rear its own queen, let it cap the queen cells. Then it accept what ever queen.

 

[Freer4]

Sorry didn't write it down properly, if I make a nuc up with q cell but for some reason q does not mate/survive? And a worker starts to lay drones can you still add a virgin?

 

[Hebeegeebee]

Freer 4.
**l*nies with laying w*rkers are relu*tant t* a**ept queens.
If it's a nu* with laying w*rkers, better t* shake the* *ut in fr*nt *f a str*ng **l*ny *ne evening, re**ve the nu*, then start again later.

Grub.
T* answer the *riginal questi*n, Virgins that appear t* be a**epted when intr*du*ed *ften g* *issing a few days later.

 

[meidel]

Grub

Are you testing our reading skills or something

 

[Hebeegeebee]

Apologies for post 12. No idea what happened there. It went wrong, I edited it Ok and it was still crazy!

 

[Finman]

Grub

Are you testing our reading skills or something

I think that it is Freer who tests us

 

[DanBee]

Grub

Are you testing our reading skills or something

F*ck*d if I kn*w w*at he w*s try*ng to s*y!

 

[Tom Bick]

Freer 4.
**l*nies with laying w*rkers are relu*tant t* a**ept queens.
If it's a nu* with laying w*rkers, better t* shake the* *ut in fr*nt *f a str*ng **l*ny *ne evening, re**ve the nu*, then start again later.

Grub.
T* answer the *riginal questi*n, Virgins that appear t* be a**epted when intr*du*ed *ften g* *issing a few days later.

Believe it or not the whole forum went like this for a short time today it had a Norman Collier moment

 

[Grub]

Grub.
T* answer the *riginal questi*n, Virgins that appear t* be a**epted when intr*du*ed *ften g* *issing a few days later.[/QUOTE]

Good to know and to think some people sell them as virgins , just have to wait and see I have two nucs made up , the queens hatched out 5 mins from me picking them up from a friends hive in the boot of the car luckly I had put both the cells in to a plastic takeaway dish with the lid on so didnt have much choice of what to do for the best, came as a bit of a suprise though .

Grub

 

[Grub]

Update

Both queen laying so count myself lucky it worked


Grub