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Offline Fishing-Nut

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Queen......How long?
« on: July 11, 2019, 09:33:30 pm »
Did a cut out today and got lucky. Caught the queen in a clip. I have her rubber banded onto a frame with some comb/brood. How long should I leave her caged like that?
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Re: Queen......How long?
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2019, 09:44:31 pm »
I use one of these and release her immediately. I remove it when she has laid eggs and they become larva.

https://beezneedz.com/product/hvc-qeg/

Otherwise, I would say 2 to 3 days.
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Re: Queen......How long?
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2019, 10:08:24 pm »
Thanks iddee.  I don't have one of those. I think I'll get into them tomorrow and put a queen excluder on them. This queen was slim though and solid black on her backside.  I hope she cant get through it.
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« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2019, 10:19:07 pm »
Her thorax is what won't go through, and it doesn't slim down.
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Re: Queen......How long?
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2019, 11:00:27 pm »
Quote from: iddee on July 11, 2019, 10:19:07 pm
Her thorax is what won't go through, and it doesn't slim down.

Plus, if she is staying in a queen clip, you should have the same results with the excluder as they are suppose to have the same size gaps. I always leave my cutout queen in the clip for a couple days, rubber-banded as you described. I have never had a problem. But there can always be exceptions to any rule. 
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Re: Queen......How long?
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2019, 11:01:53 pm »
iddee, i like your Queen Entrance Guard.
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Re: Queen......How long?
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2019, 11:04:39 pm »
Fishing-Nut, was this cutout any easier for you than the last one?
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Re: Queen......How long?
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2019, 02:01:42 am »
Quote from: Fishing-Nut on July 11, 2019, 09:33:30 pm
Did a cut out today and got lucky. Caught the queen in a clip. I have her rubber banded onto a frame with some comb/brood. How long should I leave her caged like that?

Sorry I don't know the answer - but it's cool that you caught her! ... I see others do know the answer ... but just the same - nicely done!
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Re: Queen......How long?
« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2019, 09:41:48 am »
Quote from: Ben Framed on July 11, 2019, 11:04:39 pm
Fishing-Nut, was this cutout any easier for you than the last one?
heck yeah. This was a breeze compared to the last one. I wish I could post up some pictures but it always says they are to large. Funny story though,  as I am looking for the queen there is a bee on my veil bugging the crap out of me and getting in my line of sight. Over and over again I try to blow that bee off so that I could see better......its the queen and that's where i caught her. Right on my face. Thank God I didnt blow her off into the grass.
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Re: Queen......How long?
« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2019, 10:39:28 am »
Fishingnut quote,
Over and over again I try to blow that bee off so that I could see better......its the queen and that's where i caught her. Right on my face. Thank God I didnt blow her off into the grass.

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Re: Queen......How long?
« Reply #10 on: July 12, 2019, 10:44:00 am »
Sawdustmaker that sounded a little weird didnt it? I like bees but not that much. 😁
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