This year I built myself an 4 frame observation hive to see what goes on in my hives.
First I took some frames of brood and bees and some frames of honey.
And a frame with 2 swarm cells on it. Then I put this in my honey house with
An opening to the outside. First thing the bees done was to cut a hole in the side
Of both swarm cells and remove the dead queen, so much for that.
Next I got a new Queen, put the queen cage in the hive for 3 days then removed the plug
The Queen ran down the frame. The bees seen to except her they .
The next day I observed a cluster of bees on the bottom it looked like a yellow jacket
Had gotten in there. After a closer look , I see this was my new Queen
I have heard of balling the Queen, I Assume this is what happened .
My question is why do they do this? And how can you be sure this don’t happen
When you requeen a hive in your yard.
Harold
First I took some frames of brood and bees and some frames of honey.
And a frame with 2 swarm cells on it. Then I put this in my honey house with
An opening to the outside. First thing the bees done was to cut a hole in the side
Of both swarm cells and remove the dead queen, so much for that.
Next I got a new Queen, put the queen cage in the hive for 3 days then removed the plug
The Queen ran down the frame. The bees seen to except her they .
The next day I observed a cluster of bees on the bottom it looked like a yellow jacket
Had gotten in there. After a closer look , I see this was my new Queen
I have heard of balling the Queen, I Assume this is what happened .
My question is why do they do this? And how can you be sure this don’t happen
When you requeen a hive in your yard.
Harold