Pic: mated verses virgin caged queens, side by side.

[van from Arkansas]

In the pic are two clusters of bees:  a mated 1 year old queen in a queen clip and a virgin in a queen cage.  Almost dark so I used a flash.  The large cluster of bees is on the mated queen whereas the virgin queen has only a few bees.  The mated queen has so many bees surrounding her, the clip, cage is hardly visible.

This subject, mated vrs virgin queen came up in a previous post.  The Honey Pump texted the mated queen would be surrounded by bees and the difference is very noticeable compared to a virgin.  Not HP exact words but you get the point.

Well, the opportunity arose today, due to a swarm, so I did a demo and took the attached pic.

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[Ben Framed]

Thank you Mr Van.

[Nock]

Picture says a thousand words. Thanks for sharing.

[van from Arkansas]

90F today, 39F tomorrow?  The bees don?t seem to mind.  Me:  short sleeve one day,  Down Jacket the next.
Van

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[Nock]

We hit 85 or so. Turn AC on then back to heat.

[TheHoneyPump]

Great picture of the queens difference, Van.

Perhaps the a reason why we call it Spring is because the temperature bounces up/down so much.

[herbhome]

Picture says a thousand words. Thanks for sharing.

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