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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => TOP BAR HIVES - WARRE HIVES - LONG HIVES => Topic started by: ITstings on March 26, 2009, 08:38:58 PM

Title: requeen tbh
Post by: ITstings on March 26, 2009, 08:38:58 PM
do you direct release queen ,when you re queen tbh
Title: Re: requeen tbh
Post by: Michael Bush on March 26, 2009, 09:08:06 PM
When requeening you are in a different senario than installing a package in an empty hive.  You have comb and one of the concerns with installing a package and NOT doing a direct release is them drawing comb on the queen cage.  You also have the acceptance issue.  You need to remove the old queen and give them a few days to get used to the new queen.  I would do a candy cage release or make a push in cage.