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In our apiary we had the same expirience as Dalebees explain. And we are profesional bekeepers 95 years already. Sorry teoreticly excelent, , but this methode is not usefull at all.
The worker bees will feed her normally. They can access the drone comb through the queen isolation cage. The isolation cage is made from queen excluders- so she cannot leave, but worker bees can enter/exit the cage just fine.
Your videos are outstanding. I once had 120 beehives and mostly sold honey and queens. I really enjoy how you explain things.
I have SUBSCRIBED! Thank you - much appreciated…
Wow, thank you!
If the queen is caged for that long bees will start queen cells. Might be a good idea to check for qcs before releasing the queen.
Thankfully, since she is caged still inside the hive, her pheromones will suppress the worker bees from raising new queen cells.
In our apiary we had the same expirience as Dalebees explain. And we are profesional bekeepers 95 years already.
Sorry teoreticly excelent, , but this methode is not usefull at all.
What is the right time to do this?
Most do it after they harvest honey in July/August, but it can be done anytime in the spring/summer.
What is she going to eat while laying that drone comb?
The worker bees will feed her normally. They can access the drone comb through the queen isolation cage. The isolation cage is made from queen excluders- so she cannot leave, but worker bees can enter/exit the cage just fine.
What and how queen eats, drinks and excretes?
The bees take care of her when she's in the cage- there are holes in queen cages for them to reach through and still care for her.
In that cage for 14 days? With no nurse bees or food?
The bees take care of her when she's in the cage- there are holes in queen cages for them to reach through and still care for her.
The entire cage is a queen excluder