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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => REQUEENING & RAISING NEW QUEENS => Topic started by: Vicken on July 04, 2016, 02:23:46 pm
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How to get rid of laying workers in matting nucs? I had a matted queen which wasn't laying because of laying workers laying unfertilized eggs, but when i transfered her to a hive she did nice pattern of brood, Does anyone have any solution to laying workers in nucs ?
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We introduced a mated queen using a push in cage and released her 4 days later, some workers had burrowed under and were taking care of her. She is doing very well now. The laying worker ceased.
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In a mating nuc I just give them another cell.
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Did you mean replacing the queen with a seeled cell or what?
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If they have laying workers they don't have a queen. If they don't have a queen, I give them a queen cell. If they have a queen, I'd let her lay up the hive and a frame or two of open brood will fix any laying workers.
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Thanks a lot brother I'll appreciate your advice, I will give her some open frame brood and take off seeled drone frames
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