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<blockquote data-quote="Wknz" data-source="post: 3347" data-attributes="member: 175"><p>The reason I think its mating issues is I had a virgin queen hatched in my hive, she mated and the hive turned ugly a few weeks later.</p><p></p><p>We had no varroa as the reason for the queen is the nuc, supposedly purchased from a reputable breeder, came with dwv etc. We had bayveroled early and got the hive through the crisis. [USER=205]@CHCHPaul[/USER] and I met, he helped me through the process. It was my first hive and intro to bee keeping.</p><p></p><p>This second aggro hive was a flow hive. It came from Paul's stock which we have three hives from. Near Christmas we had something happen and the hive changed. </p><p>I cant find the marked queen, and am pretty sure theres another wild mated one there. Again aggro where as all the other hives are sweet as. </p><p></p><p>We had wasp issues - now lured into extinction, and also black backed bees hitting that hive at Christmas. I suspect the queen was killed. There was a dearth in our area at the time as honey supplies went down, not up. </p><p></p><p>1hive wild mated for sure ... aggro as ... came right with new queen. 2nd hive possibly the same.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wknz, post: 3347, member: 175"] The reason I think its mating issues is I had a virgin queen hatched in my hive, she mated and the hive turned ugly a few weeks later. We had no varroa as the reason for the queen is the nuc, supposedly purchased from a reputable breeder, came with dwv etc. We had bayveroled early and got the hive through the crisis. [USER=205]@CHCHPaul[/USER] and I met, he helped me through the process. It was my first hive and intro to bee keeping. This second aggro hive was a flow hive. It came from Paul's stock which we have three hives from. Near Christmas we had something happen and the hive changed. I cant find the marked queen, and am pretty sure theres another wild mated one there. Again aggro where as all the other hives are sweet as. We had wasp issues - now lured into extinction, and also black backed bees hitting that hive at Christmas. I suspect the queen was killed. There was a dearth in our area at the time as honey supplies went down, not up. 1hive wild mated for sure ... aggro as ... came right with new queen. 2nd hive possibly the same. [/QUOTE]
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