First Mated Queen of 2024! - Pagden AS Update - Part 7
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- Опубликовано: 21 апр 2024
- Today we checked the on the two three-frame splits we made as part of the Pagden Artificial Swarm. The plan was to see if we could find the queens and see whether they were mated and/or laying yet.
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Great video.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it :)
What part of the country are you in.
We're in Suffolk, how about you?
Is it easy enough to find and remove a virgin queen? I think I have 2 hives that had either late or early supercedure, last 2 checks no brood or eggs but calm and bringing in pollen
They are a lot harder to find and catch than laying queens because they are smaller and faster. Just take your time and be ready when you do find her. If you take your eyes off her she will be gone. It may be that you have a failed queen still in their, which would be easier. This happened to one of my colonies over the winter.
@@InTheHive-Beekeeping many thanks for the reply I will checking tomorrow
@@angelamitchell7531 if you can't find a queen then putting in a "test frame" with eggs and young larvae will tell you if there is one present. If they draw out queen cells then no queen present. If not then there will be a queen in there somewhere. Best of luck with it!