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My bees were gentile last year as new packages. This year they are a little more aggressive but I haven't considered replacing the queens. As a matter of fact, both hives have re-queened themselves. Maybe I haven't really seen mean bees yet. The only experience I've had with mean bees is some of them wanting to sting through the veil / jacket and maybe sometimes sting through my jeans. They will butt my veil and try to get at me but I haven't been covered up with bees.
By reading a lot of the posts on here i get the feeling that if you have mean bees, the queen needs to be replaced if you want docile bees. But on the other hand, bees have stingers and they are meant to be used as a defense against a potential threat.
So my question...is replacing a queen just because the hive is aggressive, overrated or necessary at times?
Don't want to cause a fuss here, I just want to get more clarity of this one reason to replace a queen.
Let clarify the title...I didn't mean to say a mean queen but a queen to a mean hive.
Thanks,
By reading a lot of the posts on here i get the feeling that if you have mean bees, the queen needs to be replaced if you want docile bees. But on the other hand, bees have stingers and they are meant to be used as a defense against a potential threat.
So my question...is replacing a queen just because the hive is aggressive, overrated or necessary at times?
Don't want to cause a fuss here, I just want to get more clarity of this one reason to replace a queen.
Let clarify the title...I didn't mean to say a mean queen but a queen to a mean hive.
Thanks,