tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post2109427366354846355..comments2024-03-26T12:17:40.771-04:00Comments on Linda's Bees: A Queenly AdventureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-67600959829905742562013-05-30T03:29:21.350-04:002013-05-30T03:29:21.350-04:00Hi Linda, Thanks for sharing your wonderful experi...Hi Linda, Thanks for sharing your wonderful experience with us. Glad to read it. Keep sharing.Bee Removalhttp://www.wesavebees.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-77715936522403224362013-05-28T16:02:35.714-04:002013-05-28T16:02:35.714-04:00I decided to leave her captured until this morning...I decided to leave her captured until this morning so the nuc would have time to gel and recognize that they needed a queen. I had hived the nuc with a screened entry so bees couldn't come and go. This morning when I went downstairs to get the queen, she was dead in the pillowcase. I know she could breathe - maybe it was too cold in the basement. At least I didn't have to go "off with her head" and I now have an unintentional new nuc hive!Linda Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089537760868691562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-40627314552489653532013-05-28T08:33:22.075-04:002013-05-28T08:33:22.075-04:00Oh Linda, after reading your 2009 saga I understan...Oh Linda, after reading your 2009 saga I understand completely why you are so loathe to kill queens. I cannot agree more; last year I was urged by my Master Beekeeper to kill a whack of queen cells, gruesome work, and ended up with a queenless hive. It is far wiser to do small splits and keep queens around for emergencies, or let them expire gently in a retirement home! We are not commercial beekeepers and that gives us more latitude. That said, if you must do away with a queen, they are valuable elements of "queen juice". That way they may live again in attracting a nice swarm, who would probably perish unless they find their way to a nice beekeeper's bait hive...WesternWilsonhttp://planbeeproject.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com