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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => HONEYBEE REMOVAL => Topic started by: Psparr on April 30, 2016, 06:27:21 pm

Title: Holy queen cells!!
Post by: Psparr on April 30, 2016, 06:27:21 pm

Did a cut out today. Found at least 25 swarm cells. All capped. Seemed like a lot of bees, maybe they hadn't swarmed yet. Anyway, was as gentle as I could be with them. Made two pretty full hives from this cut out. Saved 3 queen cells to make some swarm lure.

Question, I would like to wait till they hatch to punch them. If they don't, and are still in the larvae stage, will there still be pheromones?(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160430/da927da96e5e4b5e923c7e6e40cd8159.jpg)(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160430/6da32670db52e6c4159e2347d9bf620e.jpg)

Title: Re: Holy queen cells!!
Post by: OldMech on April 30, 2016, 06:34:19 pm

They will have their strongest pheromones after they have been mated and start laying. Id put a couple frames of capped brood/bees into a nuc with those and see how they do!

Title: Re: Holy queen cells!!
Post by: Psparr on May 01, 2016, 12:09:05 pm

I don't have any mating nucs made up, and just split my other hives so am short on resources.