The BIG fat queen flew away-- yet again

[beepro]

Hi, All!


I'm not too happy today.   My 2nd breed queen just flew away.  I was transferring her over
to another nuc box freeing some room for the virgin queen that emerged from the incubator last night.  I tried to catch the big fat queen 2 times and put her back into the nuc box on a hive check.  Every time she would crawl and fly out of the nuc box's side as fast as she can.   A big fat laying queen has half the speed as a virgin queen.  So she can get away pretty fast too!

So don't underestimate a big fat laying queen.  Next time I will clip all breeder queens. Last summer around this time I step on a Cordovan breeder queen and saw the eggs oozing out under my foot.   This summer another prized queen flew away.  Luckily, I still have my #1 Cordovan breeder left.  This time I will clip her and only do night inspection.  Somehow the day inspection is not the same as night time, too many bad issues already.   

I know that night time inspection she will not fly away.  I know that clipping her wing she cannot fly away.    So how many ways to prevent a queen from flying away while you're handling her?   

[Troutdog]

Hi, All!


I'm not too happy today.   My 2nd breed queen just flew away.  I was transferring her over
to another nuc box freeing some room for the virgin queen that emerged from the incubator last night.  I tried to catch the big fat queen 2 times and put her back into the nuc box on a hive check.  Every time she would crawl and fly out of the nuc box's side as fast as she can.   A big fat laying queen has half the speed as a virgin queen.  So she can get away pretty fast too!

So don't underestimate a big fat laying queen.  Next time I will clip all breeder queens. Last summer around this time I step on a Cordovan breeder queen and saw the eggs oozing out under my foot.   This summer another prized queen flew away.  Luckily, I still have my #1 Cordovan breeder left.  This time I will clip her and only do night inspection.  Somehow the day inspection is not the same as night time, too many bad issues already.   

I know that night time inspection she will not fly away.  I know that clipping her wing she cannot fly away.    So how many ways to prevent a queen from flying away while you're handling her?

Y'know they often fly back to box they left. Hope ya didn't put the virgin in.


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[beepro]

Oh no, if she does then the #1 Cordovan breeder queen will be waiting for her inside this 3 level nuc hive.   Now I will have my
#1 and #2 together if they don't kill her first.    All other nuc hives are all full with virgins in them now.   Thanks for the reminder.  No wonder she
disappeared so fast-- one zip and she's gone.