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Two-queen hives

Two-queen hives

Bee Buzz Box December 2017 Establishing two queens instead of one queen in a honey bee colony Part III -Operating two-queen hives

10 January 2019 Alan and Lynne Wade 0

Alan Wade Looking back In Part I of this series we explored the notion of a single-queen colony and the rules – set by the bees – for introducing queen bees.  We came to the […]

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Bee Buzz Box November 2017 – Establishing two queens instead of one queen in a honey bee colony Part II Setting up two-queen colonies

26 December 2018 Alan and Lynne Wade 0

Alan Wade Hives with two queens In Part I we explored the ‘The one colony – One queen principle’, the universal condition of the honey bee colony.  That two or more queens might be introduced […]

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Bee Buzz Box October 2017 -Establishing two queens instead of one queen in a honey bee colony Part I Principles of introducing and running two-queen colonies

17 October 2018 Alan and Lynne Wade 1

Alan Wade The one colony – One queen principle One of the fundamental operating tenets of any honey bee colony is that it will support only one queen, an innate characteristic of the eleven or so […]

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Two-queen hives

Two Queens to Bee Sure

3 September 2018 Alan and Lynne Wade 1

Welcome to Two Queen Land Two-Queen hives are enigmatic to say the least.  Here is one historical setup we’ve finally sorted and learnt from. Source: Moeller’s 1978  United States Department of Agriculture Report 161 If […]

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