Hive Inspection: Hoping for a Well Bred Queen

Hive Inspection: Hoping for a Well Bred Queen

by | May 2, 2011 | Farm Blog, Honeybees

Last week we inspected both the Saliva Hive (primary swarm), and our smaller nuc hive (afterswarm), and noted that the difference in progress between the two hives was due to the presence of a mated Queen in the primary swarm, and a virgin Queen in the afterswarm...