Dealing with Marginal Queens (078)

Honey Bee Obscura Podcast · Jun 16, 2022 · 18m

Pretty much every beekeeper, at one time or another, ends up with a queen that's not doing what they think she should be doing or - not doing what all the rest of your queens are doing. So, what is happening and can you do anything to get her going?

Marginal queens are tough to identify. There is one easy fix: You just replace her. That said, how long do you wait to make a decision?

Wait!

Perhaps it is not the queen that's marginal. Maybe something else going on. Once you figure that out, when do you fix it? Or just let it go until you can combine it with a better colony? Maybe that will just…