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Re-Queening Chalky brood
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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 8578" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>Kill old Queen.</p><p>Stick queen cage in hive straightaway.</p><p>All done provided you broke open the candy door.</p><p>Commonsense suggests that longer hives queenless the better they will accept a new Queen but this is a case where commonsense is nonsense and the reality is the longer a hive is queenless the less likely they are to accept the new Queen.</p><p>Hives I did two weeks ago that were what I considered moderately bad chalk brood are now mostly clean and even the worst much improved.</p><p>Just remember there is no guarantee a new Queen will be better than what you have already got it comes to chalk brood resistance.</p><p>Good breeders including myself do always select for freedom from disease but have little or no control over the drone half of the mating.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 8578, member: 207"] Kill old Queen. Stick queen cage in hive straightaway. All done provided you broke open the candy door. Commonsense suggests that longer hives queenless the better they will accept a new Queen but this is a case where commonsense is nonsense and the reality is the longer a hive is queenless the less likely they are to accept the new Queen. Hives I did two weeks ago that were what I considered moderately bad chalk brood are now mostly clean and even the worst much improved. Just remember there is no guarantee a new Queen will be better than what you have already got it comes to chalk brood resistance. Good breeders including myself do always select for freedom from disease but have little or no control over the drone half of the mating. [/QUOTE]
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