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I have three hives and wanted to requeen them.
On April 25 I eliminated the three queens
April 26 installed new queens
April 27 I realized I should of positioned the queen cages horizontally instead of vertically so I entered the hives and positioned queen cages correctly
May 6, yesterday, I went into hives looking for eggs, two hives had great patterns of eggs, one hive had no eggs and I didn't see the new queen but I did see queen cells.
I don't know why she wasn't accepted but I realize there's a myriad of possibilities. What should I do? The bees are a little nasty and I'd still like to requeen, should I just install another queen and eliminate the queen cells and hope for the best?
Thanks
On April 25 I eliminated the three queens
April 26 installed new queens
April 27 I realized I should of positioned the queen cages horizontally instead of vertically so I entered the hives and positioned queen cages correctly
May 6, yesterday, I went into hives looking for eggs, two hives had great patterns of eggs, one hive had no eggs and I didn't see the new queen but I did see queen cells.
I don't know why she wasn't accepted but I realize there's a myriad of possibilities. What should I do? The bees are a little nasty and I'd still like to requeen, should I just install another queen and eliminate the queen cells and hope for the best?
Thanks