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Is it just me? Why is finding the queen so hard
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<blockquote data-quote="AdamD" data-source="post: 1082" data-attributes="member: 173"><p>Some queens just seem to present themselves to you, sometimes they just won't be found. I think it's a female perogative! I think my eye gets better as the season goes along and I can spot them easier in the autumn. Legs can be a give-away, looking at an angle to the frame. And no or little smoke. However, if you have a double brood-box hive, if you smoke at the entrance (gently) and give them a few moments, there's a good chance that she will be in the top box which reduces inspection time and if you move this box to one side, it will not gain any flyers. </p><p>Of course books often tell you to smoke the entrance which drives the bees up, and then they tell you to take the top off the hive and smoke at the top to drive them down! A good way to confuse the colony and scatter the queen to the woodwork.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AdamD, post: 1082, member: 173"] Some queens just seem to present themselves to you, sometimes they just won't be found. I think it's a female perogative! I think my eye gets better as the season goes along and I can spot them easier in the autumn. Legs can be a give-away, looking at an angle to the frame. And no or little smoke. However, if you have a double brood-box hive, if you smoke at the entrance (gently) and give them a few moments, there's a good chance that she will be in the top box which reduces inspection time and if you move this box to one side, it will not gain any flyers. Of course books often tell you to smoke the entrance which drives the bees up, and then they tell you to take the top off the hive and smoke at the top to drive them down! A good way to confuse the colony and scatter the queen to the woodwork. [/QUOTE]
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