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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => REQUEENING & RAISING NEW QUEENS => Topic started by: Vicken on June 26, 2016, 09:14:28 am

Title: Karl jenter system
Post by: Vicken on June 26, 2016, 09:14:28 am

 Bees getting reed of eggs layed by the queen, second and third day and leave no egg to hatch (http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160626/dca28fee95b19c7d6ff0fb824c86777a.jpg)

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Title: Re: Karl jenter system
Post by: BeeMaster2 on June 26, 2016, 08:41:42 pm

It sounds like your queen may have mated with one of her sons and the bees are removing the bees with only her genetics. Eggs from a drone that was her son have a 50-50 chance of coming from the queens father or the queen herself which are the ones the bees will remove.
What does the brood pattern look like.

Title: Re: Karl jenter system
Post by: iddee on June 26, 2016, 09:14:44 pm

Jim, I think you mean her brothers. She has no sons until she mates, unless she never mates and becomes a drone layer.

Title: Re: Karl jenter system
Post by: Michael Bush on June 27, 2016, 09:03:39 am

Is the jenter box between frames of open brood in the brood nest?  That's where it needs to be.

Title: Re: Karl jenter system
Post by: BeeMaster2 on June 27, 2016, 12:18:04 pm

Quote from: iddee on June 26, 2016, 09:14:44 pm

Jim, I think you mean her brothers. She has no sons until she mates, unless she never mates and becomes a drone layer.

I did it again  :angry: and you caught me again  :happy:.
Jim

Title: Re: Karl jenter system
Post by: Vicken on June 29, 2016, 10:50:45 am

The jenter frame should be placed as Michael bush suggested in between brood frames in the middle nest

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