queen in cage how long?

Started by Patrick, November 01, 2006, 02:03:31 PM

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Patrick

How long can a queen stay in the little queen cage? If I wan't to keep her in the cage for a few days what should I do to keep her alive?
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Patrick

latebee

 For a few days you can keep her in a cool not cold place,and deliver one small drop of water a day onto the screen. Beyond a couple of days I have had no experience.So far I have been able to introduce them within three days.
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pdmattox

I have had to keep some caged for a week and they did ok. just give water like stated above.

Michael Bush

As long as there are healthy attendants and you give them a drop of water every day you can keep a queen alive in a cage for a very long time.  If you change the attendants for fresh ones you can do it almost indenfinitely.
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