Installing the bees

[hyrum]

I know I'd probably get fired from CBS for saying this, but if your queen becomes Africanized, does she become like Queen Latifah?

[Surfah]

Originally Posted by hyrum

I know I'd probably get fired from CBS for saying this, but if your queen becomes Africanized, does she become like Queen Latifah?

Yes. Just like in Set It Off.

[Black Diamond Bay]

What does the Queen Bee look like? Is she a little fat blob, or does she actually look like a bee?

[Gerdy Eysser]

Originally Posted by hyrum

I know I'd probably get fired from CBS for saying this, but if your queen becomes Africanized, does she become like Queen Latifah?

That is a horrible, racist thing to say. As a member of the church, you should be ashamed of yourself.
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[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by Black Diamond Bay

What does the Queen Bee look like? Is she a little fat blob, or does she actually look like a bee?

The queen bee is longer and more slender. She does look like a bee. Drones are sort of just a bigger, stubbier version of a worker. Drones are, like the males in most species, useless for anything but sex.

My queen has a blue spot painted on her thorax. This will help me find her when I open up the hive and check on her health.

[Black Diamond Bay]

Do you just buy a new queen and stick her in, or do you have to start over from scratch?

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by Black Diamond Bay

Do you just buy a new queen and stick her in, or do you have to start over from scratch?

As long as the worker bees are healthy, you never need to start from scratch.

If for some reason you wanted to replace the queen, you would kill the old queen, and then add a new queen in a cage. The workers will accept the new queen by the time they have freed her.

This is why you can capture a wild swarm, add your own queen, and in a few months, all the bees are descendants of your queen, changing the hive from a feral one to a domesticated one.

[Black Diamond Bay]

Does the hive weaken over time from inbreeding?

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by Black Diamond Bay

Does the hive weaken over time from inbreeding?

Like Louisianans and Utahns? No.

The reasons is this. There should be no breeding going on in the hive. The queen I purchased has already mated. She will never mate again.

If she dies, and the hive creates a new queen, the queen will fly into the sky seeking a mate, and then return. It's unlikely she would mate with a drone from the same colony. If she did, I wouldn't mind. Because then I would have the same genetics in the next queen.

But what happens is that the next queen lays eggs that are half-wild, and the bees become mean. Then it is time to replace the queen, if you value docility.

[Black Diamond Bay]

How much does a new queen bee cost? How do they ship these things?