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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => HONEYBEE REMOVAL => Topic started by: David McLeod on August 05, 2011, 12:58:48 am

Title: Odd occurance
Post by: David McLeod on August 05, 2011, 12:58:48 am

Did a cut out this evening, a real nice one got a deep of brood comb and a shallow of honey. Couldn't find the queen but had a fair amount of brood mostly capped but try as I might no eggs were seen. Puzzled but knew I could check in three days and if needed could slip them a frame of eggs. No queen cells found just a couple cups.
So as I was cleaning up and wiping down the step ladder I spot her all by herself sitting on the ladder, a virgin queen! What was she doing out of the hole all by her lonesome beats the heck out of me.

Title: Re: Odd occurance
Post by: Judy in in on August 05, 2011, 02:59:23 am

Wow! I found a queen from a downed tree in one of the tie holes of the pickup one year. I didn't think I would find her at all, but there she was! We had driven from the tree to a friend's.

Title: Re: Odd occurance
Post by: AllenF on August 05, 2011, 12:54:05 pm

You lucked out by finding her.