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Patrick Thomas
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 Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 12:26 am Post subject: Queen cells in trap-out |
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As many of you might already know, when a trap-out is set up, it's a good idea to give them supplies in order to raise a queen because their original queen is not likely to emerge from wall or tree.
Here are several photos I took today of a trap-out I have going here in Florida. Notice the beautiful queen cells they are building, including the uncapped cell with the exposed larva.
One from inside the hive:
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frazier
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Noob question: If the queen stayed behind in the wall, who laid the eggs? Did you give them a bar with eggs to play with? I guess I just answered my own question.
Great pics, thanks for posting them. |
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Patrick Thomas
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| frazier wrote: | Noob question: If the queen stayed behind in the wall, who laid the eggs? Did you give them a bar with eggs to play with? I guess I just answered my own question.
Great pics, thanks for posting them. |
You are exactly correct!
They are now in my back yard. I merged them with a couple of other hives. They all got along great because they needed each other. Only one of the colonies had a queen. |
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