I have a friend who bought 3 unmated queens from a local beekeeper. None of the queens had attendants and all of them died.
A couple of questions:
1. Does an unmated queen need attendants?
2. Can she feed herself?
3. What is the best way to introduce an unmated queen?
I don't know all the details about the failure, so don't know exactly how they died. This is a beeman who has a number of colonies and has a number of years of beekeeping under his belt. But there are always things to learn.
A couple of questions:
1. Does an unmated queen need attendants?
2. Can she feed herself?
3. What is the best way to introduce an unmated queen?
I don't know all the details about the failure, so don't know exactly how they died. This is a beeman who has a number of colonies and has a number of years of beekeeping under his belt. But there are always things to learn.