Episode 165-Check-in Queen Problems

POSTED FEB 09, 2020
LENGTH 0:25:08

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SYNOPSIS:

Check In – Queen Problems

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Agenda

  • 00:00 – 00:23 | Opening: Opening Music – Huey Lewis and the News
  • 00:23 – 02:00 | Welcome and Intro: Welcoming Remarks & Agenda
  • 02:00 – 25:08 | Queen Problems, see timeline detail below

02:00 Giving the queen problem shape – either new introduction or a failing queen
03:10 Starting out vs. event based failure vs end of life issue
04:00 Conditions of discovery, watching it unfold vs. discovery of a problem and now confronting
05:00 Timing impact to recovery
07:40 Late Discovery of a problem, and the impacts
10:20 Recovery – Raise, Replace, or go another way (cut bait)
15:15 Queen problem identification – via brood
15:30 Functional Queen Job and when it goes wrong
16:15 Eggs and brood, growth curve not operational
19:15 Adding a new queen
22:30 Harvesting queen cells from another hive
24:30 Be prepared for any queen problems
25:00 Closing comment