You should be seeing them now, but depending on mating conditions it could be longer. I give my queens at most 3 weeks to get mated.
Type: Posts; User: ginnboy
Re: 30 Days After Splits - When Should I Eggs/Larvae
You should be seeing them now, but depending on mating conditions it could be longer. I give my queens at most 3 weeks to get mated.
Re: Atlanta-area split question - new hive not very active
This weekend will be the in the 70s
Re: When to do first inspection of the year?
The queen is laying amazingly so doubt on supercedure. No feeding but they wintered with two supers and two deeps. In all my hives all the drones have hatched, no feeding just pollen patties.
Re: When to do first inspection of the year?
55+. This week it was in the mid 60's so I opened the top on a booming hive. Found some swarm cells in NE GA
Re: Robert Russell is a fraud
I would second that on the sub producers.
Re: Keeping Pollen Patties from Drying Out
Put smaller quantities in. I put halves in my hives.
Re: My first winter....Care questions.
Pollen patties doesn't hurt
Re: Need a Mentor will pay $$
I learned a lot from YouTube.
Re: Breed
They are a breed sold by russel apiaries.
Re: Breed
I've had pollinator queen for 3 years. Have not treated once for mites. Last year I pulled 3 nucs from her and she still produced 150lbs of honey.
Re: Good Deals for cyber Monday
That was Brushy Mountains cyber monday sale. Mann lake had 10% off everything on black friday :)
