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Comment by Chad Schumpert yesterday

Hello all. I've been keeping bees for 4/5 years learning by trial and error. I have followed you site since the inception. I split my four hives and put new queens in my existing hives. The old queen went with the new hives. I Used bee weaver queens and left them in the queen cages but pulled the corks out with the candy side/ I checked the hives seven days later and I had three queenless hive out of the four. Paul coached me through it and advised me I need to leave the queens corked up for a few days even though the bee have to eat through the candy portion. So I bought three new queens from noble apiaries and introduced the queen properly. Again I guess I learn the hard way.
Thanks again Paul!

Comment by Rob Shepler yesterday

Wow Jim, that looks like a tough one! Did you get some sweet stuff for your troubles?

Comment by Rob Shepler yesterday

Welcome to the "Southies" Chad Schumbert! Tell us about your splits with Paul.

Comment by James H DAWDY yesterday

Cutout I did today near Las Cruces.  Hive probably 2+ years old in the junction box for a sprinkler system.  About a foot deep, the bees used the PVC pipe as top bars for the second layer of comb.

Comment by Rob Shepler on Monday

Just a reminder that next Saturday the 25^th of May is our second beekeeping seminar of the year. It will be at the County Extension office in Alamogordo starting at 9:00am, at 1:00 we will have a hands on hive tour at McGinn’s on highway 82. They have been very gracious in offering a spot for our bees and that portion of our seminar, let’s show our appreciation by showing them our wallets. (best pistachios in the world, support your local grower!)

 

Our speaker will be Craig Noorlander Vice President of the New Mexico Beekeepers Association and he will talk about life cycle of the honey bee, hive management, equipment and his successes and failures of the last 10 years.

 

If you are not signed up and want to come please let me know!

 

Rob Shepler

575-687-2343

Comment by Paul McCarty on Monday

Not much - but its a start for the season.

Comment by Paul McCarty on Monday

I have 5 Sacramento queens in the mating nucs as we speak.

Comment by Rob Shepler on Sunday

I checked the two hives at McGinn’s today and the queenless hive now has a laying queen! They both have several bars of capped honey and they look good.

The mating nuc that we set up and grafted the queen cell into has a small queen that I am assuming is a virgin, she has not started laying as of yet. We will take a peek at her next weekend during the seminar with Craig Noorlander.

The horehound is coming on up here in Mayhill and I am breathing a sigh of relief, finally a bit of a flow for my poor dry girls. I am hoping to do some grafting in the next week and see if I can have the girls build a few “Sacramento Queens”.

Comment by Sam Barden on Sunday

Ok, I'll give her two more days. Thanks.

Comment by Rob Shepler on Sunday

They should release her by about day 5 or sooner, assuming that the cork that protects the queen candy was pulled off of the queen cage. Some breeders cork them, some don’t. Some give you a candy tube to insert after the cork is pulled.

 

By day 5 if she is not out you should be safe in direct releasing her into the hive, do it close to the hive or IN the hive if you can. Gloves are not helpful when dealing with queens, toss them aside and go for it!

 

I can tell you will be a good beekeeper Sam.

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