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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => REQUEENING & RAISING NEW QUEENS => Topic started by: Kirk-o on June 11, 2005, 07:27:56 pm

Title: queen cell queation
Post by: Kirk-o on June 11, 2005, 07:27:56 pm

How long after a queen comes out of her cell that she leaves with a swarm?Does a queen mate before she swarms ?
kirk-o

Title: queen cell queation
Post by: thegolfpsycho on June 11, 2005, 07:29:21 pm

The old queen normally leaves with the primary swarm.  She usually leaves before the new queen has emerged

Title: queen cell queation
Post by: Michael Bush on June 12, 2005, 02:52:04 pm

Afterswarms (not the primary swarm) leave with a virgin.  She does NOT mate before they leave.  She does have to have two or three days to "harden" before she's toughed up enough for the trip.