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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => REQUEENING & RAISING NEW QUEENS => Topic started by: orvette1 on July 15, 2010, 12:14:32 pm

Title: Thanks
Post by: orvette1 on July 15, 2010, 12:14:32 pm

Here in Hawaii we can't buy queens any longer. We have to start our own. You folk gave me some good advice on splitting a hive to get a new queen. It worked well, thanks. It would have been a bit harder without the advise. There aren't many beekeepers who are willing to mentor.

Title: Re: Thanks
Post by: bugleman on July 16, 2010, 04:07:18 am

What do you mean?

There is tons of queen producers in HA.

OOOps I mean HI.

Title: Re: Thanks
Post by: orvette1 on July 16, 2010, 03:07:06 pm

I don't know where HA is. If you mean Hawaii it is HI. Yes there are two main producers in HI. However since the found small hive beetle on the island where the queens are, they are not allowed to ship to other islands. Some of us are learning how to set up a queen rearing operation.