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  • From: Lewis Cauble <lewis AT hivebody.com>
  • To: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] Telling a mated from an unmated queen
  • Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:20:04 -0500 (EST)

I find it difficult to find unmated queens as their abdomen seems to be about 1/3 or so shorter than a mated queen (they look very much like a regular worker).  The fact that they were easy to spot makes me think that they were good mated queens.  This is the time of year that brood rearing is slowing way down so I would not be too concerned.  Look again in late February and give us an update.

 

Lewis


On November 29, 2011 at 11:31 AM annallys Goodwin-Landher <annallys AT hotmail.com> wrote:

Hi,
 
I was in my hives a week or so ago and noted that only one had capped  brood and the other two didn't. 
 
Question:  both hives without brood have queens, the luscious smell of pheremones and honey emanates from them.  I saw each of the queens when I was putting the supers back on the hive.  How do I tell if they are mated?
 
Of the three hives two have younger bees, furry on the posterior side of the thoracic segment of the bee, wings intact, etc. 
 
One hive has bees that look well used, older, with only a few younger ones.  There were fewer bees in this hive than I expected yet still they fill two supers.
 
Comments and responses appreciated.
 
Regards,
 
 
Annallys Goodwin-Landher
PO Box 2744
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
919 933-9109
annallys AT hotmail.com
 

 
 

 



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