I am thinking about re queening all my hives. can someone explain to me the procedure?
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Kill the old queen, wait a day, introduce new queens. Why do you want to replace?
Scott
Pretty much what hardwood said, but it might be wise to save the old queens for a couple days to make sure the new queens are accepted.
The best question is, "why do you feel the need to?".
I seen a guy on youtube kill a great laying queen, a solid brood pattern, because he bought a queen from a place in NY that was that was advertised as "mite resistant".
Later videos showed him still treating for mites, along with other stuff that he didn't have.
Good luck
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