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- From: Lewis Cauble <lewis AT hivebody.com>
- To: Walter Starks <walterstarks AT icloud.com>, Rich Snover <risnover AT aol.com>, Rich Snover via ocba <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [ocba] virgin queen
- Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 20:04:03 -0400 (EDT)
14 days might be a reasonable time to wait for a virgin to start laying but 14 weeks is a recipe for hive beetles and wax moth infestation.
Lewis
On May 1, 2015 at 11:58 AM Rich Snover via ocba <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
Depends on weather and location of the boys may take time to get mated and lay eggs
Sent from my iPhoneAnd why wait 14 weeks?
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Walter
Sent from my iPhoneRich
Why would you requeen the 2 big hive bodies?Mh
Sent from my iPhoneLast week I caught(by bare hand) the biggest swarm that I have ever seen. It filled two hive bodies and one nuke.
Maybe multiple virgin queens, 9 days latter saw eggs in two hive bodies and needed to requeen in the nuke but all three are doing well... Bottom line after 14 weeks I would re-queen
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[ocba] virgin queen,
risnover, 05/01/2015
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Re: [ocba] virgin queen,
Marty Hanks, 05/01/2015
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Re: [ocba] virgin queen,
Walter Starks, 05/01/2015
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Re: [ocba] virgin queen,
Rich Snover, 05/01/2015
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Re: [ocba] virgin queen,
Lewis Cauble, 05/01/2015
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Re: [ocba] virgin queen,
Rich Snover, 05/02/2015
- Re: [ocba] virgin queen, Marty Hanks, 05/02/2015
- Re: [ocba] virgin queen, Randall Austin, 05/02/2015
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Re: [ocba] virgin queen,
Rich Snover, 05/02/2015
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Re: [ocba] virgin queen,
Lewis Cauble, 05/01/2015
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Re: [ocba] virgin queen,
Rich Snover, 05/01/2015
- Re: [ocba] virgin queen, Rich Snover, 05/01/2015
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Re: [ocba] virgin queen,
Walter Starks, 05/01/2015
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Re: [ocba] virgin queen,
Marty Hanks, 05/01/2015
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