Finding queens takes time, disturbs the bees (and often the beekeeper), and usually isn't necessary. Hobby beekeepers are too often the unintentional victims of their lack of knowledge about queens and their bees suffer as a consequence, New hobbyistsare faced with an almost overwhelming flood of information about equipment, when to start, when to feed, when to super, and so forth, so matters concerning queens usually boil down to this: is there a queen in the colony or not? It seems profitable to review the biology of a queen bee as it pertains to a hobby operation, especially a person new to beekeeping, and the critical beekeeping components they need to master if success is to find them in the apiary.
展开▼
