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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => REQUEENING & RAISING NEW QUEENS => Topic started by: DBoire on July 16, 2008, 10:57:42 pm

Title: Queen Nuc managment question
Post by: DBoire on July 16, 2008, 10:57:42 pm

I have two, two frame queen nucs.  The queens have been in the nucs for 15 days.  I checked them yesterday to see if they were released from the cages and they were.  Is there a need for me to circulate in empty frames and pull full frames to keep the queens laying and healthy?

db

Title: Re: Queen Nuc managment question
Post by: Robo on July 17, 2008, 09:31:46 am

Are these mated queens or where they virgins?

Two frame nucs are usually used for mating virgin queens, they are too small to keep a laying queen in for very long. 

Title: Re: Queen Nuc managment question
Post by: DBoire on July 18, 2008, 01:37:33 pm

Mated,... I better move them to larger Diggs :shock:  I'll do that today.