Dealing with Laying Workers
April 24, 2022
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How to Deal with Laying Workers Laying Workers Laying workers come about when the colony has been without a queen for some time. The difficulty
Selecting Drone Rearers
Here’s a quick video of one of our drone rearing colonies we are bringing to the mating apiary this spring. Features in drone rearing colonies we look for, are docility, excellent overwintering ability with a minimal need for supplementary overwinter feeding, maintaining a good brood nest, clean floors and no signs of disease.
This colony has shown all these features, and although a young queen, she will be brought forward as a drone rearer for the 2023 season.
For other help and guidance see some of our other blogs on beekeeping below
Dealing with a Drone Laying Queen
April 24, 2022
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Drone Laying Queen? How to Deal with a Drone Laying Queen In this post we’ll look at how to deal with a drone laying queen.
Queen Introduction Methods
November 10, 2021
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Queen Introduction Methods Written Instructions Video Instructions How to Introduce a Mated Queen Queen bee introduction of any sort is never 100% successful, and there
