short term banking of queens

dtompsett · Unread post by **dtompsett** » May 21st, 2015, 1:59 pm

I'm picking up a pile of queens tonight. Several are going to a friend who is out of town till Monday.

Warm dark quiet space, drop of water every day or two? Anything else I can do to ensure he's still got queens when he gets back?

Unread post by **Allen Dick** » May 21st, 2015, 2:32 pm

Do the Queens have a attendants inside the cage with them? If so, that's what I do.

dtompsett · Unread post by **dtompsett** » May 22nd, 2015, 7:55 am

Yes... plenty of attendants in the cage.

Unread post by **Allen Dick** » May 22nd, 2015, 8:04 am

Then that should work just fine. If you see attendants dying off, then that is a sign that the queens should be installed ASAP.

Vance G · Unread post by **Vance G** » May 24th, 2015, 9:14 pm

I was just gifted with three queens with most of the attendants dead, sticky from too much honey smeared on to feed! Queens a little sticky and moving slow. I drove out and put them on the top bars of a hive facing down and will see if they are alive tomorrow! I think I will direct release them to a couple frames of brood and nurse bees and see what happens. Even in there sorry state, one is about the longest caged queen I have ever seen. That is what led me to even try.

Unread post by **Allen Dick** » May 24th, 2015, 9:20 pm

Good luck. Queens are pretty tough.

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