Things You'll Need:
- NUC (mini Hive)
- Beekeeper Gloves
- Mini Hives (or NUC)
- Queen Bees
- Spray Bottles
- Bee Veils
- Peppermint Extracts
- Sugar Syrups
- Vanilla Extract
- Common Nails
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Step 1
Purchase a queen from a mail order company. She will arrive in the mail in a shipping cage containing sugar candy.
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Step 2
Find the old queen. Remove and destroy.
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Step 3
Spray the new queen and her box with a sugar syrup containing vanilla or peppermint.
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Step 4
Take a small nail and remove the cork from the end of the queen cage containing sugar candy.
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Step 5
Place the queen's cage on the hive's bottom board, over the top bars, or between two frames.
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Step 6
Be sure the screen is open toward the bees so they can feed the queen during the introduction. The bees will eat the sugar candy and release the queen.
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Step 7
Spray more of the sugar syrup containing vanilla or peppermint on the queen and on some frames in the hive you are re-queening. By the time the odor of vanilla or peppermint is gone, the queen will be accepted.








Comments
unnwest said
on 9/10/2007 Thanks, this answered my main question: whether to destroy the old queen or let the new one dispose of her