queen bee – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com Thu, 12 Mar 2020 16:20:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i2.wp.com/www.keepingbackyardbees.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 queen bee – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com 32 32 It’s Good to Be the Queen – Or Is It? https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/queen-zbwz2003zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/queen-zbwz2003zsau/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2020 19:06:11 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=5076 The queen bee is undoubtedly the most popular bee in the hive. Everyone knows that a honeybee colony has a queen. Vital to colony survival, the queen bee is the mother of all bees in the hive. Therefore, the queen bee must be the boss, right? She is the only one bee necessary for colony […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/queen-zbwz2003zsau/feed/ 4 How to Find a Queen Bee https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-find-a-queen-bee-zbwz1901zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-find-a-queen-bee-zbwz1901zsau/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2019 03:52:47 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4234 Finding the queen bee in your hives can be challenging — even for veteran beekeepers. Some queens are plump and shine like a gold beacon on the frame, while others seem to have camouflage. Not only does your ability to find her depend on her size and color, but her behavior, too. Some queens flaunt themselves […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-find-a-queen-bee-zbwz1901zsau/feed/ 16 When It’s Time to Squish a Queen https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/when-its-time-to-squish-a-queen/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/when-its-time-to-squish-a-queen/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2015 21:23:14 +0000 http://keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=2177 There comes a time when the beekeeper has to step in and play referee.

It came earlier this month when I had to decide to squish an underperforming queen bee for the health of the hive.

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