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This is a nice way to slow down the release of the queen without having to go back into the hive. I have heard of beekeepers doing a similar thing but sticking a dollop of quite firm fondant where the tab was instead of tape. Having more or less 100% Welsh black bees I envy you the calm Buckfast bees you have. I have tried introducing BS Buckfast queens to get the calmer genes but as you mention, the Welsh bees are not happy to accept them and it can become a very expensive and still fruitless operation.

I tried this method and after 10 days, most of the bees didn't get through the masking tape to release the queens. IMHO, don't buy your masking tape from Wickes, it's too strong 🤣 BTW. Andy saying that about the plastic was very refreshing and something we all should remember, well done. 👍

Great video again Griff… those BS Queens are great. I love the lovely big disc markings on them 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Good vid Gruff another interesting way of adding new queens, Andy’s has the makings of your right hand man 😉

Great video Andy looks like he's fitting in a treat what an experience for him and good for you remembering us we dont need to be getting stung to keep bees

Nice to hear from Andy, good job. 👍🏻

Great tips with making tape and introducing queens.

A day late 😂😂. We put some in yesterday! Good to know. I’ll try it next time. It was BS we put in.

Great video, love Andy’s presentation as well. We are trying putting in sideways this year. We had hoped not to buy any 👸🏼 this year but quite a few losses and only a modest success at growing our own early in the season.

Just introduced Queen Carni B on Saturday to a 5 frame nuc made up with three frames of brood from three colonies.

What is the benefit of the masking tape Griff? Is it just so you don’t have to go back and pop the tabs, meaning it gives you more time elsewhere. Or do you think it makes the expectance of the queen much better. Many thanks 🙏

Heya! Also heard Laurence about this but what does it do? A slower release ? Higher chance of acceptance? Never heard the reason for it...

Hi what make of nuc boxes are those?

I have no problem with acceptance just running the queen into a queenless hive straight away. I would only do this on a small 6 frame nuc mind you and using f1 Buckfast and Carnica queens

Will you be selling empty Quatri lang nuc boxes on your website?

I do artificial insemination and these queens are much harder to introduce to bees so I have lots of experience introducing Queens. First, I like to put the introduction cage in with the attendance that come with the queen if the bees are aggressive to the queen the attendance will keep her happy and feed her. After three or four days and then take the cage out and take out the attendant bees and I put back in young emerged bees that are walking about on the frame that are from the colony that you’re introducing the queen to they won’t attack the Queen because of there young This then makes the hive much happier about the cage being in the hive because the bees in the cage belong to the colony you’re introducing the queen to they have the right smell. Leave for another three or four days and then you can break the tabs off, but I always hand release, if it’s a valuable queen that I then put them in pushing cage with emerging brood after 3/4 days, just remove the cage this method never fails, but a lot of work for you and me on a large scale. just changing the attendance in the cage with the young bees from the colony that you’re introducing the queen to will help.

If there is a queen cell, why do you introduce a queen, instead of letting that cell develop ? Great video thanks.

Why though? To slow the release?