Hi all,
whats earyone thoughts on queen banking?
like how long can it be done safely?
after all this rain I must do my beework.
they have been banked for about two weeks
is that to long?
keep having fun its starting to work!!!!
You have multiple queens banked in a queenless colony? I bought one last week that had been banked in this manner for 3 weeks. She was down to fighting weight, but after released in the colony, she fattened up and began laying around the 5th day.
I've only done it for a few weeks at a time before, but that's the downside. The queen ends up slim and takes a few days to fatten back up and start laying. Of course sometimes the bees decide to kill one of them. :)