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Raise vs Buy - Queens for Hobby Keepers
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<blockquote data-quote="Josh" data-source="post: 3278" data-attributes="member: 16"><p>I realise this might be a can of worms, but I would be interested in peoples opinion.</p><p></p><p>Breeders spend years selecting traits for their queens, and raise a good product as a result. </p><p></p><p>But I suspect “every” beginner hobby keeper, buys one (occasionally two) hives and “will expand and split to a good number in no time”</p><p></p><p>But, splits do come a cost. The original hive is weakened (made worse by premature hobby enthusiasm), gear, failures etc.</p><p></p><p>Would the humble hobby keeper be better off developing a habit of queen investment, and buy well bred established queens to populate splits etc instead? </p><p></p><p>Obviously supercedure an other opportunities to raise a new hive (swarm prevention etc) are still good things.</p><p></p><p>Asside from my own experiences (aka mistakes), reading about problem “angry hives” that are a real issue for hobby hives (urban or household hives) and also getting the best out of your limited hive numbers, has me wondering if I’ll be looking for some purchased queens to rebuild my numbers after last seasons experiences.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Josh, post: 3278, member: 16"] I realise this might be a can of worms, but I would be interested in peoples opinion. Breeders spend years selecting traits for their queens, and raise a good product as a result. But I suspect “every” beginner hobby keeper, buys one (occasionally two) hives and “will expand and split to a good number in no time” But, splits do come a cost. The original hive is weakened (made worse by premature hobby enthusiasm), gear, failures etc. Would the humble hobby keeper be better off developing a habit of queen investment, and buy well bred established queens to populate splits etc instead? Obviously supercedure an other opportunities to raise a new hive (swarm prevention etc) are still good things. Asside from my own experiences (aka mistakes), reading about problem “angry hives” that are a real issue for hobby hives (urban or household hives) and also getting the best out of your limited hive numbers, has me wondering if I’ll be looking for some purchased queens to rebuild my numbers after last seasons experiences. [/QUOTE]
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