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I definitely have a laying working in the hive that has been my problem hive since I started it this year. I am sure my inexperience contributed to this problem somehow. I was going to give up on this hive but after reading about laying workers in beekeeping for dummies (again) I decided to try and save them one more time.
1. order a new queen.
2. on the day the queen arrives I will move the entire hive at least 100 yards from its current location.
3. Remove every frame one by one and shake ALL the bees off.
4. Place the beeless frames in spare deeps with covers on them to keep all bees out.
5. Once I have two deeps full of frames with no bees I will move everything back to the original location.
6. Place all the frames back into the original boxes and set the hive back up just as it was except there will be no bees in it. The book said you may actually see bees waiting for you there to set their home back up.
7. Introduce the new queen in the traditional manner.
Book claims this has a 100% success rate if you make sure all bees are removed from the frames. The old bees can find their way back to the hive but the young bees are lost. I guess a laying worker would be a young bee.
Any thoughts on this? Has anyone tried it with success or not?
1. order a new queen.
2. on the day the queen arrives I will move the entire hive at least 100 yards from its current location.
3. Remove every frame one by one and shake ALL the bees off.
4. Place the beeless frames in spare deeps with covers on them to keep all bees out.
5. Once I have two deeps full of frames with no bees I will move everything back to the original location.
6. Place all the frames back into the original boxes and set the hive back up just as it was except there will be no bees in it. The book said you may actually see bees waiting for you there to set their home back up.
7. Introduce the new queen in the traditional manner.
Book claims this has a 100% success rate if you make sure all bees are removed from the frames. The old bees can find their way back to the hive but the young bees are lost. I guess a laying worker would be a young bee.
Any thoughts on this? Has anyone tried it with success or not?