So I may end up getting my queens two weeks earlier than needed. Should I setup shipping date change with my supplier if possible, or is there a reliable way to store queens for a few weeks. I find ordering bees is hard, delivery dates are variable, for me it hard to get a handle on planning.
I would recommend first trying to get your date changed.
Other than that, 2 weeks is a little bit too long. If you could set up a couple of small splits....
How early are you talking?
If you need to, just place a queen excluder on top your strongest colony and and empty box top of that and place the queens in a frame in the empty box. Your nurse bees will tend to them. Cant do it long but a week or so should be good.
Quote from: Scadsobees on February 06, 2009, 09:10:00 AM
I would recommend first trying to get your date changed.
Other than that, 2 weeks is a little bit too long. If you could set up a couple of small splits....
How early are you talking?
I expect the first week in apr. and I won't be in a posistion to use them till the second week of apr. now of course that depends on the delivery times. I plan on spitting but I also have some packages coming tht I want to requeen. Then again tht opens a new can of worms, splitting that early. I lost a few hives so I got lots of honey and already pulled frames for them.