[riseholmebees] Re: queen introduction
- From: VANESSA HUGHES <nesshughes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: riseholmebees@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:15:03 -0700 (PDT)
hello Harvey,
so pleased to hear it all seems to be going well. Fingers crossed and you will
have 2 colonies to contend with next year! Which seems to be essential doesn't
it when you read some of the things that need doing when it all gets
interesting! I have been a little worried about my large hive this week as
their stores seem to have gone down alarmingly-nothing in the brood box at all,
but they are still so busy working, lots of willowherb near by, that I hope
they will sort things out themselves without me having to intervene.
I hope all goes well with your treatment today, if there is anything I can do
let me know. It would me nice sometime to have a look at how things are going
with your hives, we could compare notes!
Vanessa
--- On Tue, 27/7/10, HARVEY HOWSON <harvey.howson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: HARVEY HOWSON <harvey.howson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [riseholmebees] queen introduction
To: riseholmebees@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, 27 July, 2010, 7:32
HI all
I checked on the hive yesterday to which I introduced a new queen. The queen
had been released from the cage and their was 1/2 off eggs present in the hive
so up to now it seems to have worked. The nuc I have removed the frame feeder
and replaced it with 2 new frames with foundation and stopped feeding as the 3
frames already in their are crammed with honey so by putting in the 2 frames I
hope will encorage them to draw them out and also give the new queen providing
she mates sucsessfully somwhere to lay if. mating is not sucessful then I will
transfer the frames of stores back to the original hive.
All going well up to now.
Harvey
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