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Offline SgtMaj

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Any good queen sellers here?
« on: May 16, 2009, 12:29:55 am »
Are there any good queen sellers around here?  I have a hot hive I want to calm with a new queen.

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Re: Any good queen sellers here?
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2009, 11:38:22 pm »
I just saw one for sale:  Italian daughter queen of a feral swarm that's been laying for 3 weeks. $18.00 plus shipping out of Alabama. It was listed on one of the other sites. Beesource.com I believe.

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Re: Any good queen sellers here?
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2009, 01:22:11 am »
Well I think my girls may be doing it themselves.  I went into the hive yesterday and saw a capped queen cell.  Since they didn't swarm I'm guessing it's a supercedure cell.  There was just one in the middle of one of the frames in the middle.  I also noticed that there wasn't any uncapped larva.  Plenty of capped brood, but no uncapped... so maybe they've just been in a foul mood because they've not been queenright for a while.  I think I'm going to give them a couple more weeks and see how they are then before buying a queen for them.

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Re: Any good queen sellers here?
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2009, 12:08:59 pm »
http://www.longcreekapiaries.com/

You might check this place out, might be close to you.
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Re: Any good queen sellers here?
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2009, 04:04:37 pm »
http://www.longcreekapiaries.com/

You might check this place out, might be close to you.

Cool, thanks John, I'll keep them in mind if I have to buy one.

 

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