What's your re-queening practice?

[sugarbush]

I never replace a queen per say.... I see value in every queen. I rear new queens and split existent hives, but the old queen stays with part of the split. If you manage more than a handful of hives they often re-queen without you knowing it until you open up for the next inspection.

I really don't fit into any of your categories.

 

[Finman]

If you manage more than a handful of hives they often re-queen without you knowing .

Yes, quite few take care of the quality of their queens. They just keep bees.

I just told that I do not respect supercede queens.

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[Karol]

Supercedure is often reson from problems of queen. So you continue a family of problematic queen,

Second is that when bees change them selves the queens, it has no selection.

I have left many time supercedes queens, but mostly I have regretted that.


"devoid of physical input from the beek" - oh dear. Avoid hive nursing? And advertising that miserable habit?

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Does that equate to changing the queen when she's no longer performing satisfactorily?

 

[Finman]

Does that equate to changing the queen when she's no longer performing satisfactorily?

In second yield year laying is smaller and hive is eager to swarm.

 

[wries]

Re Queening

Hi, just interested to know how forum members approach re-queening. Would be very grateful for any input/comments.
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Thanks

I use the "Demaree method" in early spring, let the bees do it themselves

 

[wries]

Only when the incumbent queen isn't performing