[ga.beeman]

Hey guys what is your opinions on when to requeen in the spring. Do you think it is Better to requeen early spring or wait until the main honey flow is about to start with 7 to 9 frames of brood and then requeen with a cell

 

[ga.beeman]

Hey BMAC this David I purchased the honey pump from last year. No Ty Ty here. We have plenty of drones here and been getting Nucs mated good for the last month. The reason I use cells is because I want to continue with the genetics I have . Older queens are going to want swarm more. I am just thinking if I wait until about the time the main flow starts they will have the brood already. Coming on for the honey flow so go ahead and pull old queen And put them in a Nuc for myself and put in a cell. Just wandering what everyone else likes to do.

 

[ga.beeman]

Yes we are in swarm time here. I have pulled frames of brood to get Nucs started for the last month and the hives are really coming back on strong. So I know they are going to want to swarm. I have been putting old queens and two frames of brood in Nucs for myself and marking the really good ones. These should still be strong enough by sourwood time in July. I do graph my on cells. I am just wandering if I should have removed old queens when I removed frames of brood for Nucs or wait until they brooded back up like they have now and remove at the beginning of the honey flow .

 

[ga.beeman]

That is my thinking. Doing a graph today

 

[ga.beeman]

My thinking to requeen at the start of the flow is hopefully to keep the old queens from swarming. Don't really want to get rid of the old queens that are really good. That is why I am putting them in Nucs so I can graph from them but I also don't want them hitting the bushes either