builder hive

[slacker361]

How long with a builder hive be ok with out a queen?

[Finski]

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What is builder hive?

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[Country Heart]

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What is builder hive?

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[slacker361]

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.....

[iddee]

A CELL builder.

[slacker361]

How long with a builder hive be ok with out a queen?

BUMPITY BUMP BUMP

[scdw43]

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

[iddee]

Add a frame of eggs and let it build cells. Take that frame out when you graft.

[slacker361]

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

[Finski]

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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.

[Jim134]

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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[slacker361]

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

[Jim134]

If you are looking to making nuc

http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php/topic,37672.msg316078.html#msg316078





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