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Queen Rearing
TwT:
that is just to get a taste finman , we know we need to get some books on queen rearing to learn the tricks of the trade, more than 1 book to, i just ordered a book called Queen Rearing Honey Bee's by Roger Morse, and im looking at get another by Laid Law (I think thats his name)but thanks for the comment :wink:
Finman:
How many queens you are going to raise? - it depends?
Have you good queen from where to take larvas or eggs?
Finman:
If my hive is going to swarm, I change good larvas into queen combs. This way I get 10-15 queens. I it good number for mating nucs. Then I divice raising hives into those maiting nucs and carry them to 5 km distance.
Next summer I am going to adapt Hopkins mehod http://www.beesource.com/pov/hayes/abjmay91.htm
30-40 queens are enough
Raising hive must be big, 4 boxes. One box is not enough. Daughters will be small. I have tried many times. Swarming cells is another question.
TwT:
good post finman, what do you do with your queens you raise, use them yourself or sell some, I would like to start raising about 50-100 then maybe later raise more, just have to see how it goes.
Finman:
--- Quote from: TwT ---good post finman, what do you do with your queens .
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I change all my productive queens every year. The dead rate in raising process is over 50%. Somethimes I get nothing from a part. And I discard many after that when I see what kind of bees I got.
If bees are angry or brood is sporadious, I throw them into bush. Many are gone during mating flight.
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