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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => REQUEENING & RAISING NEW QUEENS => Topic started by: ajneal30 on July 08, 2013, 11:16:19 pm

Title: Mating nuc question.
Post by: ajneal30 on July 08, 2013, 11:16:19 pm

Do we need to put our capped queen cells into a mating nuc before they hatch, or is it better to introduce a hatched virgin queen into a nuc full of nurse bees?

Title: Re: Mating nuc question.
Post by: Michael Bush on July 09, 2013, 10:40:55 am

In my experience, it is much more reliable to introduce a cell to a nuc than a virgin queen.  If there are any other cells, of course, the first queen out will destroy them unless you have them in "hair curler" cages.