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« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2011, 11:13:08 PM » |
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Thanks for sharing with us...
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To bee or not to bee that is the question I wake up to answer that every morning...
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« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2011, 11:40:06 AM » |
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Great  Just what I need . . . my night stand reading pile getting larger . . . Just kidding, thanks for forwarding us the information. |
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« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2011, 11:35:42 PM » |
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verygood info.thanks for sharing. ...schawee
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« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2011, 05:50:40 PM » |
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Glad you like it Schawee, but what I really need to know is this, did you really see that queen first?
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HELP! I accidently used Drone eggs with the Hopkins method and I got Drag Queens!!!
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« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2011, 08:11:40 PM » |
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« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2011, 11:55:14 PM » |
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« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2011, 12:57:02 AM » |
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HELP! I accidently used Drone eggs with the Hopkins method and I got Drag Queens!!!
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« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2011, 04:00:32 PM » |
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Thanks, what a wonderful way to find the gold nuggets out there.
That site is a keeper.
Now can you teach me how to read faster.
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« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2011, 08:57:06 PM » |
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Thanks, what a wonderful way to find the gold nuggets out there.
That site is a keeper.
Now can you teach me how to read faster.
Short of somehow plugging my computer directly into my forehead, I can't get it in any faster, and I'm a bit slow to start with, so I'll just keep plugging along. |
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HELP! I accidently used Drone eggs with the Hopkins method and I got Drag Queens!!!
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« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2011, 07:34:55 PM » |
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This is an easy to understand explanation of the Cloake board method. Makes good sense.
In considering the method I was wondering though if instead of introducing grafts, the beekeeeper instead let the bees select queen cells, what would be the down side.
The procedure would be
Place cloak board and reverse bottom queen right hive.
A couple days later move am frame of brood and eggs up and close the cloake board.
Five days later, inspect for queen cells. Open the cloake board if Q cells are present.
About 10 days after moving the brood and eggs, moventhe queen cells to MUDs and let the Qs hatch.
Am I missing something fundamental here? This seems much less invasive, by skipping the grafting step.
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