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Offline TheMasonicHive

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Queen Introduction in new foundationless hive
« on: June 27, 2010, 12:09:38 pm »
Next year I plan doing foundationless, all medium hives.

This year I started with foundation and when I installed my packages I put the queencage in between frames as I was instructed in various books.  This started the buildup of burr comb, which I scraped off without a problem.

This would leave the bees to use the foundation as a guide, HOWEVER, I imagine that this burr comb in a newly established foundationless hive could present a major problem. 

Is there a special way to introduce a queen in a cage into a foundationless hive to prevent any burr comb and have them follow their guides?
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Re: Queen Introduction in new foundationless hive
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2010, 06:11:02 am »
Yes.  Forget the cage.  If you're introducing a package, direct release the queen.
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Re: Queen Introduction in new foundationless hive
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2010, 06:49:57 am »
Yes.  Forget the cage.  If you're introducing a package, direct release the queen.


Make shore the bees are in the package 3 or 4 days before you hive them


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