Many beekeepers jump the gun when they suspect that a colony is queenless and introduce a new queen without verifying that they are in fact queenless and in need of a new royal. Introducing a new queen into a colony that is queenright will lead to the killing of the newly introduced queen. In this practical blog I will discuss how to correctly use a testframe to check if a hive is queenless or not.
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How to use a Testframe
How to find the queen bee
As a beekeeper, there are very few things as frustrating as not finding a queen when you really have to. In this article I will offer a few tricks how to find the queen bee and go through some tried and tested methods for finding elusive queens.
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Queen Supersedure in Honeybee colonies
Honeybee queen supersedure is a recurring and inexhaustible topic for discussion among beekeepers. It is something we will all experience at some point in our beekeeping adventures. At the same time, supersedure is something that we seem to know remarkable little about. In this article I will try to shed some light on queen supersedure and what causes it.
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Hot Hives: How to Deal with Aggressive Bees
One of the most effective ways of dealing with an aggressive or defensive colony is bleeding it of its flying bees. The flying bees are the ones who typically display aggressive or defensive behaviour. A colony depleted off its older workforce are much easier to handle.
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