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  • April 18, 2015 at 3:27 pm #9622
    susan rudnicki
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    I have a strong hive–3 deeps–that has had a queen, but had apparently decided to replace her, for on March 18, they had made 3 supercedure cells. On Mar. 25, the old queen was still there, laying eggs, open brood, and the 3 QCs were there. By April 1 the 3 SS cells were torn down, still had a laying queen and on the 10th I saw a virgin queen and the laying queen and a new SS cell. I wonder why they drew this new QC? Checking today, the 18th, saw both queens on the same frame, now looking fully mated. How will this play out? I have a queenless nuc, so will add one of the queens to it.

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About susan rudnicki

Been beekeeping almost 5 years now. Have 27 hives,(2 client hives) I work with the City of Manhattan Beach, re-homing bees in conflict with citizens. Allowed to keep bees at the Public Works yard (19 hives) in exchange for this work. I do many presentations for HoneyLove, teach bee students, rescue bees and sell honey.
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