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Hoping for Success

Posted on June 14, 2017

There’s plenty I don’t know about beekeeping and that was apparent today.  I’ve purchased three new queens, as I didn’t see any larva or brood when I first checked the hives.  My second check gave me the suspicion of a working layer… a worker bee that has begun laying as a queen.  She will have irregular patterns of laying her eggs, and will often lay multiple eggs in one cell, and sometimes the eggs will be off color.

brood

It’s best to find her… kill her… and replace her with a new queen.

Well, I found her…worker queen

 

And, yes, I killed her.

Today I will put the new queen inside, still in her cage, then release her tomorrow… Hopefully, by then, they’ll accept her and not commit regicide!

This is all new to me… and I’m hoping for success!

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6 thoughts on “Hoping for Success”

  1. Jean Steingrebe says:
    June 16, 2017 at 8:21 PM

    Wow, we are still back at Mason Bees for pollination. Hope all works well for you.

    Reply
  2. Della says:
    June 15, 2017 at 11:33 PM

    Hope it all goes well! Let us know. 🙂

    Reply
  3. Joan Wood says:
    June 14, 2017 at 6:34 PM

    So you recognize her because of her elongated abdomen? And she can’t be allowed to continue because she isn’t laying the eggs right and the hive wouldn’t thrive if she continues?

    I think bees are fascinating. We have a hive (wild) in our back fence. Sometimes it splits and there are swarms. Once it disappeared with no indication of what happened. Now there are bees again.

    I’m interested to see how the new queen works out — seems like hiring a new CEO!

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  4. Alice says:
    June 14, 2017 at 5:28 PM

    How do you tell who the queen is?

    Reply
  5. Joanne says:
    June 14, 2017 at 11:58 AM

    Oh my goodness. This sounds like a challenge. Go for it girl!!!!

    Reply
  6. Irmgard says:
    June 14, 2017 at 9:20 AM

    Fingers crossed!

    Reply

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Carol, Wyoming rancher

Since 2008, I’ve kept this photographic journal of life on a Wyoming ranch.  I share ranch work, my family, crafts and DIY, my English Shepherd, Bravo, and a love for this land.  Enjoy this red dirt country!

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