I was checking some of my splits/swarm catches for signs of queen laying. I found three queens that had stripes.
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So what race of bee could they bee?
Those look like striped Italian queens. Very weird how the stripes are so defined. Looking good!
It makes them a little harder to find them. I've had one or two in the past but this year has been a little unusual. I found 3 today and 2 previously. This is out of about 40 splits this year.
Quote from: cao on May 28, 2019, 12:16:03 AM
It makes them a little harder to find them. I've had one or two in the past but this year has been a little unusual. I found 3 today and 2 previously. This is out of about 40 splits this year.
I bet they look very similar to the workers
Those are from the Speedy Bee race. Built in speed stripes.
:cheesy:
Whatever they may bee - they are pretty!
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I like the color. :cool:
Any other special queen pics out there?
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JP The Beeman calls them Tiger Stripes in his videos. He never did mention which strain they are.
Jim Altmiller
She?s a looker HP.
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The only way to tell the breed of a Queen bee is a DNA
Testing .. Everything else is just a Guessing game...
BEE HAPPY Jim134 :happy:
Quote from: Waveeater on May 28, 2019, 06:54:38 PM
Check out this beauty. Only one I have this color. and she is a laying machine.[attachment=0][/attachment]
wave eater do you know the background of those bees? I really like those dark ones.
HP, #8 looks like a Cordovan queen.
Your last pic has some beautiful stripped bees, various colors on abdomen. Some colors I have not or very rarely see,,,, the Canadian specials.
Cao, kinda rare that queens have stripes, pretty though. I can see why you posted pics.
Thank for all the pics of the queens.
Van,
I see Tiger striped queens quite often.
Jim
Quote from: van from Arkansas on June 06, 2019, 02:18:36 PM
HP, #8 looks like a Cordovan queen.
Your last pic has some beautiful stripped bees, various colors on abdomen. Some colors I have not or very rarely see,,,, the Canadian specials.
Cao, kinda rare that queens have stripes, pretty though. I can see why you posted pics.
Thank for all the pics of the queens.
The dusty black queen is my current favourite and breeder for 1/3 of the apiary changeovers this season. Overall her colony has been very well behaved and an exceptional performer. The diversity of the colouring of her bees show how well bred and genetically diverse she is. Each ripe cell put into a mating nuc nowadays is -like a box of chocolates, you just do not know what you are going to get- ! On checking days, opening one of her nucs is like breaking into a Kinder Surprise. The queen daughters are as varied as you see of her entourage in the picture. Gonna miss her, come August.
Quote from: TheHoneyPump on June 06, 2019, 10:33:43 PM
Quote from: van from Arkansas on June 06, 2019, 02:18:36 PM
HP, #8 looks like a Cordovan queen.
Your last pic has some beautiful stripped bees, various colors on abdomen. Some colors I have not or very rarely see,,,, the Canadian specials.
Cao, kinda rare that queens have stripes, pretty though. I can see why you posted pics.
Thank for all the pics of the queens.
The dusty black queen is my current favourite and breeder for 1/3 of the apiary changeovers this season. Overall her colony has been very well behaved and an exceptional performer. The diversity of the colouring of her bees show how well bred and genetically diverse she is. Each ripe cell put into a mating nuc nowadays is -like a box of chocolates, you just do not know what you are going to get- ! On checking days, opening one of her nucs is like breaking into a Kinder Surprise. The queen daughters are as varied as you see of her entourage in the picture. Gonna miss her, come August.
What is her name? 😁😁
@HP- Please don’t squish her in August. Please PM me and I will send you a Canadian postage-paid overnight envelope. She can retire to Florida and putter around slowly for a few years. :cool:
I could build an outyard apiary consisting of 100% retired queens, and visit them on Tuesdays. It will be a bee-tirement community.
Quote from: FloridaGardener on June 07, 2019, 12:45:15 AM
@HP- Please don?t squish her in August. Please PM me and I will send you a Canadian postage-paid overnight envelope. She can retire to Florida and putter around slowly for a few years. :cool:
I could build an outyard apiary consisting of 100% retired queens, and visit them on Tuesdays. It will be a bee-tirement community.
Recon she could take the heat? She is use to the far North and cooler conditions. This would be from one extreme to the other. Might be a good experiment!
Are we allowed to import queens form Canada?
No I will not squish her. Theresa gets respect and TLC. She is now essentially retired. Her hive is primed and set to *pump it*. I just put them out into the patch today, sending them into the flow.
What I was referring to wrt August is I fully expect them to naturally supercede her over the summer. This is actually the final stage, final test, of her colony. Will they replace her uneventfully without the hive missing a beat, without being set back in any way? Will they bee oblivious of the chance for renewal and instead take an old queen into another winter? I will not be in the brood nest again until mid August. So we have said our goodbyes. If she is still there and the hive still booming at the end of summer, well she either gets to wrap the calendar one more time - or maybe go to florida :)
Most queens I hive tool test proactively at end of their 2nd summer per my apiary program. The choicest ones, my breeders, are left to go on to retire and expire with dignity and grace on their own terms. This allows me to see their full cycle and fullest potential.
.... * pump it *, crank the volume. This is what I hear on a sunny day when the looking at a flurry of activity coming and going at the landing board.
:cheesy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psLjNy9-L_c
Quote from: sawdstmakr on June 06, 2019, 03:53:58 PM
Van,
I see Tiger striped queens quite often.
Jim
Yes Jim, I am sure you see the tigers. I don?t believe I have a single one, out of 17 or so hives, 14 are Cordovan, 1 Carni, 2 typical Italians. 6/9, Sunday, more queens hatch, hopefully I will obtain more Cordovans.
Van
Quote from: Ben Framed on June 07, 2019, 01:24:51 AM
Quote from: FloridaGardener on June 07, 2019, 12:45:15 AM
@HP- Please don?t squish her in August. Please PM me and I will send you a Canadian postage-paid overnight envelope. She can retire to Florida and putter around slowly for a few years. :cool:
I could build an outyard apiary consisting of 100% retired queens, and visit them on Tuesdays. It will be a bee-tirement community.
Recon she could take the heat? She is use to the far North and cooler conditions. This would be from one extreme to the other. Might be a good experiment!
Are we allowed to import queens form Canada?
I may consider sending her to Florida if someone were to point us in the correct direction of the paperwork necessary for her to make the trip. Where do we get her passport?
HP why will you not go back into the brood nest till August?
@HP - I can work the passport out... will let you know.
It's so nice to hear you have consideration for your livestock.
We have flying weather 11 months out of 12, so we gotta pace ourselves. She would be rolling slower down here...listening to:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pVrVY540xdc