BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER > REQUEENING & RAISING NEW QUEENS
New queen Every Year = less swarm?
Brian D. Bray:
When requeening to prevent swarming the functional life of an otherwise good queen is terminated for not good reason. the second year is the build up year. But consider--a hive busy building comb will not swarm if they are kept building comb regardless of the age of the queen. Stop providing comb building space and the hive will swarm--regardless of the age of the queen. I'm with MB on this one.
Apis629:
I have to disagree with Finsky here, I have had one of my queens for comming on 2 years and, she still has the best brood pattern of any of my hives. Her hive is already in it's build-up and, upon last inspection, had a broodnest already spread out to 8 frames, with three of them filled completely top bar to bottom bar and side bar to side bar. I only see it necessary to replace my queens if they show signs of disease, develop a poor brood pattern, or become too deffensive. In most cases, I just let the bees establish their own superceadure queen if it comes to that.
Finsky:
--- Quote from: Apis629 on February 06, 2007, 06:44:24 pm ---I have to disagree with Finsky here, I have had one of my queens for comming on 2 years and,
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Please do, during my 45 years I have got my own experiences and these are not only mine :lol:
I like to raise new queens and old may go the eternity of queens.
Scadsobees:
Of course then there are the commercially produced queens, those seem to need to be replaced more often since they decline quicker because of chemical usage.
(Disclaimer: Rule of thumb, generalities, always plenty of exceptions)
Finsky:
--- Quote from: Scadsobees on February 07, 2007, 01:37:48 pm ---Of course then there are the commercially produced queens, those seem to need to be replaced more often since they decline quicker because of chemical usage.
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That is taken from heaven. Not a bit true. Could you mention some chemicals you know in beekeping now and 15 years ago?
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