tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post4724326496565039309..comments2024-02-23T05:26:35.037-05:00Comments on Linda's Bees: The Queen is Dead! Long Live the Queen!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-40540080386183271622009-08-29T10:02:24.219-04:002009-08-29T10:02:24.219-04:00Hello Linda,
I had the same exact experience the ...Hello Linda,<br /><br />I had the same exact experience the other day. I was putting a new queen in my hive because the the prior queen had disappeared and the colony was slowly disappearing. As I was putting the new queen in the hive I noticed the bees had made a new queen. She was a large beautiful Italian Queen. I couldnt figure out how this could have happend. I had checked the week prior for all supercells and swarm cells before ordering the new queen. I also checked for eggs and larvae and there were none. So I went ahead and orderd the new queen. When I was placing the new queen in the hive and noticed the queen the hive had made, I was shocked. Wondering what to do, I remebered what you had wrote in you blog about not wanting to kill the queen (I couldn't either). So I ran in the house and grabbed my sons toy bug box (It is a plastic box made for children to place insects in). It took three tries but the third try was a charm, Instead of trying to place her in the box, I just let her walk right in. Now I have a lonely beautiful queen in a toy bug <br />box:-( Any Ideas on what to do with her? I do not have enough bees to start a new colony but I dont want to kill her either. Any ideas would be appreciated.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />Stephen from North FloridaStephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14527749842074615195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-19844941973247982392009-08-25T20:41:23.065-04:002009-08-25T20:41:23.065-04:00Linda
I just loved that song "God Save The Q...Linda<br /><br />I just loved that song "God Save The Queen". It made me just laugh and laugh. You have a great sense of humor to post that.<br /><br />Anyway, as Michael Bush always says. The bees kill off numerous queens until they find one they like. You only killed off one.<br /><br />You are a great beekeeper and always learning.<br />Sincerely<br />Annette from Placerville CaliforniaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-28554533691548895602009-08-25T18:24:03.361-04:002009-08-25T18:24:03.361-04:00Oh, the agony! I love your retirement nuc plan. ...Oh, the agony! I love your retirement nuc plan. Honeybees need more caring keepers like you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-53326475436409204062009-08-24T13:11:10.523-04:002009-08-24T13:11:10.523-04:00I had to find a queen that was a drone layer this ...I had to find a queen that was a drone layer this Spring, but I never could find her and they ended up superceding her anyway. Thank goodness I did not have to go through that.<br /><br />Sincerely<br />Annette from Placerville Ca.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-1713865691964473882009-08-23T18:07:17.958-04:002009-08-23T18:07:17.958-04:00Thank you, Jane. It was not easy and I really don...Thank you, Jane. It was not easy and I really don't plan to do it again. I think I might pay for an observation hive just to have a place to put queens that aren't doing what they are supposed to well!Linda Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089537760868691562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-43157520543721821472009-08-23T18:00:59.462-04:002009-08-23T18:00:59.462-04:00Linda, I am sad with you....you are such a gentle ...Linda, I am sad with you....you are such a gentle person, I know this was a very difficult decision....I wish your bees and the new Purvis Queen all the best....be kind to yourself....you do much more good for the bees than harm....think of all of us who learn from and with you and how you are helping so many bees all over the worldJanehttp://www.google.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-37869945878520872862009-08-23T15:55:26.168-04:002009-08-23T15:55:26.168-04:00awh! You write well as I find I am feeling sad fo...awh! You write well as I find I am feeling sad for your loss. Please don't be too hard on yourself.Jean Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01315058338116528923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-67907301197038157382009-08-20T21:11:16.847-04:002009-08-20T21:11:16.847-04:00Wow, Linda. Sorry to hear about your woes too. My ...Wow, Linda. Sorry to hear about your woes too. My queen has one week as of now to get back to work laying -- or she goes to that great hive in the sky. She was doing great, she stopped completely, and yesterday there was a span of eggs as big as my wide open hand. The apiary inspector said that she may to be replaced, so I may have to follow you in what you had to do and I already dread it and it hasn't even happened yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-2239887391312367122009-08-20T20:35:10.807-04:002009-08-20T20:35:10.807-04:00I'm sorry to hear about your queens. It is sa...I'm sorry to hear about your queens. It is sad and I know it would be difficult to do. I hope the new queens do really well for you.Bee Magic Chronicles for Kidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818365668819339658noreply@blogger.com