Drama, drama, drama.
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Good story,but you should have dropped her in a small jar of alcohol and used the alcohol for swarm lure.Should the need arise again?
Great tip on the alcohol. Will definitely do that next time.
Your blog is hysterical and this story was very funny indeed. Believe me I know how it feels to kill a queen and it made me feel so bad the time I did it.
Thanks for sharing
Annette
My first nuc had a Q with defective wings. Yea, good quality control by the queen/nuc producer. I took her away from the hive and squished her in the dirt and buried her. I thought I was going to be attacked for killing her. :-D
Now I know better. They could care less.
Jim
Perhaps the wings were clipped? Some do that so they don't fly off.
Quote from: buzzbee on June 07, 2012, 06:41:38 PM
Perhaps the wings were clipped? Some do that so they don't fly off.
This was my first hive and I watched drone after drone with defective wing syndrome get dragged out of the hive. I had seen the Q the first week but she was always under other bees, another sign of a Q problem. I called the guy who sold me the nuc and he came to see what was wrong. When we found her I could see she had the same defective wings. The hive was full of drones and drone brood. It was not clipped wings.
Jim
Quote from: buzzbee on June 05, 2012, 06:45:57 PM
Good story,but you should have dropped her in a small jar of alcohol and used the alcohol for swarm lure.Should the need arise again?
how long will the scent from the Queen last in a jar with a lid and how much alcohol? thanks in advance
LOL! Great post.