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Kurt Bower
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by Kurt Bower » Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:15 am
I know a lot of people are interested in getting queens and making splits.
As far as I know, there are no queens currently available.
Does anyone have a source that can be tapped?
Seems early doesnt it? I know of several people that want to splits but cant because of the timing. Hope they dont swarm.
Kurt
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by Guest » Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:55 am
Chuck Norton, Reidsville 336-342-4490 Says in the Ag. Review that he has them.
Kurt Bower
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by Kurt Bower » Thu Mar 09, 2006 5:21 am
Hmmmm!!!
Somebody is fibbing.
I spoke with Chuck the other day and he said that he wont have them ready until mid April.
thanks,
Kurt
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by bdloving » Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:27 am
well i have 1 hive showing queen cells on bottom of frames. Can I do a split without introducing a new queen? any suggestions would help.
Wally
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by Wally » Wed Mar 15, 2006 4:13 pm
I would split as soon as the queen cells are capped. In fact, I split one hive monday, Mar. 13.