Thanks all! I spoke to my local beekeeper/store guy (I'll call him T) about a frame of brood and he suggested I wait to be sure that I don't have a new virgin queen. Then, just yesterday several...
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Thanks all! I spoke to my local beekeeper/store guy (I'll call him T) about a frame of brood and he suggested I wait to be sure that I don't have a new virgin queen. Then, just yesterday several...
I do not have another hive. I do not know another beekeeper either. I guess I better order a new queen. I was told that my workers will not accept her if I have even a virgin queen in my hive. And I...
So do I not even worry about a queen being in the hive? Just get a new one and put her in?
Briefly, as a first season keeper, I did not add a box soon enough, and lost my queen. I had already removed the other queen cells not realizing there was a small swarm in a tree, and I was hoping...