How long with a builder hive be ok with out a queen?
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What is builder hive?
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it is for raising queens... The larva to be made into queens gets inserted into this hive and the ladies inside are in charge of raising the queens.....
A CELL builder.
Quote from: slacker361 on May 19, 2012, 01:31:55 PM
How long with a builder hive be ok with out a queen?
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Without cells to build or brood to draw cells on. It will probally develop laying workers in some where between 16 and 24 days. Maybe quicker
Add a frame of eggs and let it build cells. Take that frame out when you graft.
WELL I AM GETTING ANOTHER QUEEN.....sorry caps.... so I want the nut ready when she gets here. so if it will be ok for 3 -5 days with now queen then I am in good shape
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When bees rear (not build) emergency cells, it is good to wait that they cap the cells. Then they accept very easy a new queen. It takes 5 days to rear and cap them.
When their own queen cells are open, often they accept no new queens.
Quote from: slacker361 on May 19, 2012, 11:30:38 PM
WELL I AM GETTING ANOTHER QUEEN.....sorry caps.... so I want the nut ready when she gets here. so if it will be ok for 3 -5 days with now queen then I am in good shape
So you got a nuc/hive with out a Queen ??? if so Introduce a mated within 24 hours After 24 hours the bees may start Queen cells. A mated Queen will not kill developing Queens and may be killed by an emerging Queen. Hope this help you out
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sorry miss spoke... I ordered a new queen, it will be coming this week. I want the nuc ready for when she arrives so I was stealing some bees that I have from an established hive. I wanted to make sure that it would be ok for those bees to be in the new nuc with out a queen for a few days
If you are looking to making nuc
http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php/topic,37672.msg316078.html#msg316078 (http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php/topic,37672.msg316078.html#msg316078)
BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :)