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robbles
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Loyalty Nearly Killed My Beehive
Does that mean you can mass-produce queens by separating them from the hive and continuing to feed them the jelly?
kurthr
on Sept 22, 2017
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Yes, people do Queen-farm by doing exactly that. Then they sell them for Re-Queening that many commercial beekeepers do to reduce the risk of queen loss after the first year (normally they live 2-4 years).
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