From: "deelusbybeekeeper" <deelusbybeekeeper@excelonline.com>
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 15:31:58 -0700
To: <BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: Strain

Hi to all on Biological Beekeeping

John Sewell wrote:

> I'm
> about to shake them down, with a (not shaken) queen cell since their clipped
> queen is gone.

Reply:

Be careful of shaking down a colony without a queen and trying to hold them
in place with only a queen cell. Colonies like this are known to abscond
before the cell is hatched and new queen mated. Or, they fly off with the
queen on the mating flight and then go to another spot. Be careful.

Dee