Comments on: 10 Steps to Requeening a Hot Hive https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/10-steps-to-requeen-a-hot-hive-zbwz1901zsau/ Mon, 16 Aug 2021 00:20:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Shayne Starkey https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/10-steps-to-requeen-a-hot-hive-zbwz1901zsau/#comment-143326 Mon, 16 Aug 2021 00:20:18 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4259#comment-143326 Just wondering,I’ve heard it said to leave a hive overnight or at least several hours before introducing a new queen. I notice the whole process was done in the same visit. The reason I’m asking is that i attempted to requeen one of my hives in January within hours of removing the old queen to a split. At day 6 I checked and the queen wa out of the cage. I checked agin at day 14 and there were three queen cells in the hive and no sign of the marked queen I’d paid for. The bees went on to rise their own queen so they must have preferred the p genetics of their own queen. What are your thoughts? Shayne Starkey
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]]> By: ROCCO https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/10-steps-to-requeen-a-hot-hive-zbwz1901zsau/#comment-142373 Thu, 05 Aug 2021 22:56:26 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4259#comment-142373 Good info on queening.
Thanks!

]]> By: Kelly https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/10-steps-to-requeen-a-hot-hive-zbwz1901zsau/#comment-112792 Sat, 12 Sep 2020 03:37:25 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4259#comment-112792 I’m Kelly .I. in Alpine California. I have a hot hive .The university of California at LA Jolla said 95%of all feral hives in San Diego are Americanized So I called them up I asked if I could bring the some bees in a jar to have them Identfied and they told me that they don’t have the equipment to do that ! I said you guys made the statement we have Americanized honney bees in San Diego ! I’m 3 miles away from Harbison canyon we have JS Harbison honney bees here .witch is common black bees with pure Italion queens .so I want to do the same thing .Introduce pure Italion queens to my hot hive with a split too .I’m thinking of two nuculus boxes with a two queen excluders with common suppers .A two queen hive .maybe get higher productivity .I need pure Italion queens Do you have any you can send me ? Kels

]]> By: Paul Thesinger https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/10-steps-to-requeen-a-hot-hive-zbwz1901zsau/#comment-108485 Sat, 02 May 2020 08:18:04 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4259#comment-108485 Hi,

I have one hive of super aggressive bees. My hives are top bar hives and it is very difficult to find the queen, especially when the bees are so aggressive, stinging me through my suit!! Do I have to find and kill the queen before requeening or can I just put a new queen in and hope for the best?

Paul

]]> By: Tom https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/10-steps-to-requeen-a-hot-hive-zbwz1901zsau/#comment-92149 Sat, 31 Aug 2019 14:30:56 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4259#comment-92149 do you put the new queen in the hive right away?
will they make queen cells anyway and kill the new queen?

]]> By: RonC https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/10-steps-to-requeen-a-hot-hive-zbwz1901zsau/#comment-82862 Fri, 29 Mar 2019 01:08:43 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4259#comment-82862 To get away from a hot hive, jump into a vehicle with the air conditioner running. In a few seconds, the bees will fly to the windows to try to escape. Lower the windows about an inch and in short order the vehicle will be cleared of bees. I discovered this trick last summer while working an outlying apiary and finding myself in big trouble.

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