My Buddy purchased a package to replace a hive that died this winter. He never installed a package before, so I let him watch me install one before sending him on his way. He was going to install the package in his old hive.
A couple of days later, he called me and told me that his queen died in the cage prior to being released. Whoa! What the heck. I asked him to bring her over and let me see. . . . Guess what . . . he pushed the cage into a frame that must have had some honey stored on it. . . . the queen was coated with honey and died.
Just when you think you've seen it all . . . yet another way to screw up and kill a hive.
A couple of days later, he called me and told me that his queen died in the cage prior to being released. Whoa! What the heck. I asked him to bring her over and let me see. . . . Guess what . . . he pushed the cage into a frame that must have had some honey stored on it. . . . the queen was coated with honey and died.
Just when you think you've seen it all . . . yet another way to screw up and kill a hive.