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Yesterday, I saw two different queens in two different nucs being balled. The entrance way to these two nucs was about 6 feet away from each other.
On one, I saw a worker bee on top of one of my queens trying to sting her.
1) Once stung, can a queen survive the puncture wounds.
2) Why didn't her bees come to her rescue? I am assuming that these queens each belonged in the nuc as not all bees tried to ball her. Just a few.
3) How does one rescue a queen being balled or is it too late?
On one, I saw a worker bee on top of one of my queens trying to sting her.
1) Once stung, can a queen survive the puncture wounds.
2) Why didn't her bees come to her rescue? I am assuming that these queens each belonged in the nuc as not all bees tried to ball her. Just a few.
3) How does one rescue a queen being balled or is it too late?