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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => REQUEENING & RAISING NEW QUEENS => Topic started by: paulh on June 26, 2009, 05:23:42 pm
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I have a trap-out going, maybe week six now, that did not raise a new queen.
I have a laying worker and I have a new Russian queen I'd like to give them.
What will give me my best chances for success?
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As long as a laying worker is present, it is unlikely that the new queen will be accepted.
There's a lot of info out there.... do a search for "laying worker" and you'll get all kinds of material.
Good luck.
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http://robo.bushkillfarms.com/downloads/beekeeping/QueenIntroFrame.pdf
So far it is 2 for 2 (actually I think there are a couple of more successes form folks that built their own)
http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php/topic,23161.0.html
http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php/topic,17867.0.html
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http://robo.bushkillfarms.com/downloads/beekeeping/QueenIntroFrame.pdf
Hey! That's pretty neat! I've read that push-in cages have high acceptance rates durring a "normal" re-queening, but I can see where those could have problems in this situation.
Thanks for the info, Robo.
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OK, I built one of these this morning and installed it this afternoon along with a baggie feeder.
Can it go 3 for 3? I'll let you know in a few weeks!!
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Give them a frame of open brood a week before introducing a queen. Once a week for three weeks is even better odds.
http://www.bushfarms.com/beeslayingworkers.htm
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On Saturday, 15 days post-install, I brought a second baggie of feed and a frame of brood to check on the trap-out, laying-worker, queen intoroduction colony. My heart sank when I saw all the dead bees in introduction frame. I immediately denied any bess could get in and looked at the stapled seams. Turns out that alll dead were the original attendants and the queen was still ALIVE!!!
I popped the cork off the introducton frame, installed the frame of brood two frames over, and filled the baggie feeder with a quart of syrup. All nice and quick like. Wish the girls luck!h
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May the force be with you and your bee's :-D