Hi,
Last weekend I discovered I had a dead queen from one of my packages. I bought a new queen and installed on Tues. I checked in on Wed., but she had not been released yet. I looked in today, and she has been released. I found her going about her queen business on one of the frames today, and evidence of egg laying.
I'm impressed with how much bees clean up. In the cages where the queen was released, every bit if candy is gone. They're not content to eat through just enough to let her out. They take out every bit.
I bought marked queens, and they really jump out when looked at the frames, but I wonder if I will get used to identifying queens without a mark. I was thinking today if she didn't have that mark, I most likely wouldn't have recognized her.
Best wishes,
Mike
Last weekend I discovered I had a dead queen from one of my packages. I bought a new queen and installed on Tues. I checked in on Wed., but she had not been released yet. I looked in today, and she has been released. I found her going about her queen business on one of the frames today, and evidence of egg laying.
I'm impressed with how much bees clean up. In the cages where the queen was released, every bit if candy is gone. They're not content to eat through just enough to let her out. They take out every bit.
I bought marked queens, and they really jump out when looked at the frames, but I wonder if I will get used to identifying queens without a mark. I was thinking today if she didn't have that mark, I most likely wouldn't have recognized her.
Best wishes,
Mike