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    Default Need a queen

    Opened my box up and my queen is gone. No capped brood or queen cells.

    Before I order a queen online, anyone have a capped queen cell?


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    Lmao wtf are you asking for???

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    His bee colony is on the verge of destruction....Just like the lost colony of Roanoke. Did she write "Croatoan" on the outside of the box before she left?
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    I can ask my Dad if he has one but I doubt it. He just ordered another bunch of bee's to build another hive this weekend.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JJ1965 View Post
    His bee colony is on the verge of destruction....Just like the lost colony of Roanoke. Did she write "Croatoan" on the outside of the box before she left?


    You wasted that on this crowd but you got an audible chuckle out of me and that's an accomplishment.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Glenn View Post


    You wasted that on this crowd but you got an audible chuckle out of me and that's an accomplishment.
    Thank you very much, I'll be here all week.
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    Contact your local beekeeper's club.

    I'm certain there's a local source for a queen.
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    Beekeeper lingo is rad.
    I don't need my name in the marquee lights....

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    Quote Originally Posted by turbo View Post
    Contact your local beekeeper's club.

    I'm certain there's a local source for a queen.
    Mercury Bee Supply in Pelzer.

    Ask for Freddy.

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    How do they come when you buy them? In a bag?
    I don't need my name in the marquee lights....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simple Man View Post
    How do they come when you buy them? In a bag?
    Sitting on a throne.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simple Man View Post
    How do they come when you buy them? In a bag?
    Queens?... In a queen cage.

    HRH1.jpg

    Hives?... It depends. Sometimes as a nuc. Sometimes as a package.

    Nuc hive:



    Packaged bees:

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    Going Saturday to pick up my first ever bees. I don't know if I am more nervous or excited!


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    They really should sell bags of bees.

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    I never knew there was a bee supplier....how does that work....does a guy make a living supplying them? And how would you be able to produce multiple queens.... or does some hardware store have them in a wooden box next to the crickets...

    I also assume that one should be tested if they are allergic to bees before they bought said "bag of bees".....especially if he is just gonna dump them out in a pile like the picture above
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    Bee guy. $125 or so per "nuc" or box. There is a whole trade of raising queen bees.


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    Bags. Definitely bags.
    I don't need my name in the marquee lights....

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    Quote Originally Posted by duckandbuckhunter View Post
    Going Saturday to pick up my first ever bees. I don't know if I am more nervous or excited!


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    You better borrow an epipen when you go get them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Glenn View Post
    They really should sell bags of bees.
    Mainways Bag O bees, great Christmas gifts.
    Last edited by Highstrung; 04-05-2017 at 04:47 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HEAD View Post
    I never knew there was a bee supplier....how does that work....does a guy make a living supplying them? And how would you be able to produce multiple queens.... or does some hardware store have them in a wooden box next to the crickets...

    I also assume that one should be tested if they are allergic to bees before they bought said "bag of bees".....especially if he is just gonna dump them out in a pile like the picture above
    I never open the bags. Just leave them on peoples porches as "presents", ring the bell and run.

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