Just started my third year. To be brief,I started with Italians. For some reason I lost a lot of queens which as you will see is a big problem.I have 4 hives and this year I requeened all four hives to Saskatraz. Sounds good-supposed to be good with honey,stands cold weather, and varroa resistant. Just what is varroa resistant? In August I treated 3 of my hives with Mighty Mite for varroa.
Ok four hives. I look at my weak hive and I cant believe it but I so no Eggs ,larvae,or pupae. Well I see this is a no brainer. I order a saskatraz queen and requeen and hive is good now. Hive 2 I see no eggs at all. To make a long story short, when i used the mighty mite the queen went up in the super. Got her down and ok. Hive three on looking at I saw a bunch of supercedure cells with bee bread and soon queen cells. Took out all of the queen cells. Put in a new queen and ok. Fourth hive just could not find any eggs or young larvae so requeend it and is ok. So within a week I requeened all four of my hives. The second summer when I had Italians I lost all three quuens of my 3 hives. I thought they were queenless and I paid two experts to check and they said all were queenlees. So I go to Saskatraz ans doing good and I think I am queenless in all four.I dont kill a lot of bees in doing anything but queens I THINK are disappearing. I was told Italians were continous layers and you should always see eggs during their breeding season. What about Saskatraz.. Can they start laying eggs, stop, and then start again. If so when do you know if they have just stopped or they are gone. How do Saskatraz queens work. I am used to the Italians who I think lay eggs all through breading season. When the Saskatraz started laying it seemed like no time and cells just full of capped brood. More than Italians. Do they lay a lot take a rest from laying. I just seem to use a lot of queens. Italians just lay and Sacatraz lay rest lay. If so with the Saskatraz how do you know. One hive had no larvae,eggs and pupae and no supercedure or queen cells. One was full of supercedure cells that went to queen cells. On 3 queen just got misplaced. On four could not find any eggs or young larvae. I replace a lot of queens. Any help is welcome. I can take it, I am a bee keeper. SasKatraz info please where can I get it. I am definitely staying with sakatraz. Never let queen cells hatch replace with bred queen from Lappee
Ok four hives. I look at my weak hive and I cant believe it but I so no Eggs ,larvae,or pupae. Well I see this is a no brainer. I order a saskatraz queen and requeen and hive is good now. Hive 2 I see no eggs at all. To make a long story short, when i used the mighty mite the queen went up in the super. Got her down and ok. Hive three on looking at I saw a bunch of supercedure cells with bee bread and soon queen cells. Took out all of the queen cells. Put in a new queen and ok. Fourth hive just could not find any eggs or young larvae so requeend it and is ok. So within a week I requeened all four of my hives. The second summer when I had Italians I lost all three quuens of my 3 hives. I thought they were queenless and I paid two experts to check and they said all were queenlees. So I go to Saskatraz ans doing good and I think I am queenless in all four.I dont kill a lot of bees in doing anything but queens I THINK are disappearing. I was told Italians were continous layers and you should always see eggs during their breeding season. What about Saskatraz.. Can they start laying eggs, stop, and then start again. If so when do you know if they have just stopped or they are gone. How do Saskatraz queens work. I am used to the Italians who I think lay eggs all through breading season. When the Saskatraz started laying it seemed like no time and cells just full of capped brood. More than Italians. Do they lay a lot take a rest from laying. I just seem to use a lot of queens. Italians just lay and Sacatraz lay rest lay. If so with the Saskatraz how do you know. One hive had no larvae,eggs and pupae and no supercedure or queen cells. One was full of supercedure cells that went to queen cells. On 3 queen just got misplaced. On four could not find any eggs or young larvae. I replace a lot of queens. Any help is welcome. I can take it, I am a bee keeper. SasKatraz info please where can I get it. I am definitely staying with sakatraz. Never let queen cells hatch replace with bred queen from Lappee