Queen in observation hive

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  1. Jun 16, 2010 #1
    brooksbeefarm

    brooksbeefarm Active Member

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    I've not had any problem with taking a queen out of a hive (with a frame of bees and brood) and putting her in a observation hive for 3 or 4 hours and returning her back to her hive. I was just wondering how long you could keep her out without having a problem when returning her. :confused: Jack
     
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  3. Jun 16, 2010 #2
    Iddee

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    Bill Waddell does it for a day and returns her in the evening.
     
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  5. Jun 16, 2010 #3
    riverrat

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    I would think that anything past 24 hours and you will have problems thats a guess. But im not sure how long the queens pheromones will stay with the hive. I would venture to guess you could probly keep a younger queen out longer than an older queen simply because as the queen ages her phermone level drops. or so im told
     
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  6. Jun 17, 2010 #4
    tecumseh

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    I would think 12 hours max. At 24 hours you would suspect most hive would be starting construction of cells which could make placing any queen back into the box difficult.
     
    tecumseh, Jun 17, 2010
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