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  • From: Blair Christian <blair.christian AT gmail.com>
  • To: Todd Walker <mtwalker AT imageray.net>
  • Cc: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] Laying worker in a mating nuc...
  • Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:11:47 -0400

Thank you all. I went back out to rearrange my nucs and what did I
find but a hiding laying queen. For the first time in a while, the
queens seem awfully hard to find. Not sure if it's because the bees
are moving so fast, there are so many, or the queens are a little
skiddish...

If anybody is looking for a nuc, let me know in about 2-3 weeks.

Best,
Blair

On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Todd Walker <mtwalker AT imageray.net> wrote:
> A hive with laying workers think they have a queen and aren't likely to
> accept a new one. Do a newspaper combine with a strong colony. The workers
> from the queenright colony will get everything sorted out in a week or
> two. After that you can split them back out.
>
> ~Todd
>
>
>
> On 4/12/13 3:41 PM, "Blair Christian" <blair.christian AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>I had one mating nuc from my 3/10 eggs that didn't work out and now
>>has a laying worker. (maybe more than one?). A week ago I pulled the
>>frame with eggs and put it into a strong hive, replacing it with open
>>brood, but the laying worker issue is still there. I put in a queen
>>cell yesterday. How would you all play it? Start from scratch,
>>rotating the frames into stronger colonies? I'm pretty sure the
>>laying worker(s) killed a queen that I put in there last Friday and
>>released last Sunday. The other 3 mating nucs I put out produced
>>queens, 2 of them are great queens, and one is a dud. The good queens
>>didn't have eggs at day 34, but did at day 38. (dates from this
>>calendar)
>>http://www.thebeeyard.org/cgi-bin/queencalendar.pl?month=3&day=8&year=2013
>>
>>Defective queen (they were balling her and running her and had chewed
>>off(?) most of her wings):
>>https://plus.google.com/photos/106022773068627809372/albums/57103178516494
>>30305/5866026689338904802?banner=pwa
>>
>>Thoughts? I'm thinking put the current bees into a strong colony and
>>start with a fresh frame of brood.
>>
>>Best,
>>Blair
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