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  • From: S Reavis <serena_reavis AT hotmail.com>
  • To: Randall Austin <ra41717 AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: Ryan Chamberlain <rjc7654 AT gmail.com>, "ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org" <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] Queens Available?
  • Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 16:13:11 -0400

Hi, Randall!

In each of these cases, a beekeeper  found the queen dead in the cage when they checked to see if she had been released a couple of days after a package install (so case 2).

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On Apr 1, 2016, at 2:55 PM, Randall Austin <ra41717 AT gmail.com> wrote:

Serena,

Please clarify... are you talking about
1) dead queens in the cage with the package when the package arrives (in which case the buyer should get a replacement from the seller)
2) queens in the cage that are killed shortly after the package is installed (still in the cage)
3) queens in the cage that are killed after installed as replacement queens, not in packages (still in the cage)
4) queens that have been released after package installation and die soon thereafter (within, say, a week)
5) queens that have been released after package installation and are superseded within a few weeks (this is fairly common)
6) queens that have been released after installation as replacement queens and are immediately or very soon killed

or something else?

All of these are different and could have different causes. As mentioned, if #1 (queen is dead on arrival), the seller should replace it or the post office insurance should pay for it.

Randall

On 4/1/2016 1:23 PM, S Reavis wrote:
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I know Bailey has queens...

...but I am more concerned about queen loss.  This is the third instance that I have seen reported about queen death in packages this year (the others were on DCBA's list).  I haven't seen these reports in the past.  Just not reported, or is this a new pattern? 

Thanks for any insight!

Enjoy the bees!

S Reavis



Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 12:57:19 -0400
From: rjc7654 AT gmail.com
To: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [ocba] Queens Available?

Greetings,

It's early, and it may be a longshot, but does anyone have queens available?  Reaching out for a friend whose package queen died before getting out of her queen cage.

I could provide a queen cell, but won't be able to for another week or so.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

Ryan Chamberlain
919 757 6301

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