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  • From: Daniel Kenan <dan.kenan AT gmail.com>
  • To: ocba <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [ocba] Fallen queen
  • Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 14:14:46 -0400

While checking our hive today, I pulled out a frame containing our queen. While admiring her, she fell to the ground and was lost in the leaf litter. It took a long while to find her, and I was eventually able to reinstate her into the hive. But the experience did make me wonder, what would happen if I hadn't noticed her falling off the frame? Would she have found her way back inside? How much queen loss could be related to careless handling of frames?  Thanks, Dan



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