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Buying queen bees

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Primefact Number: 896    Edition: First edition    Released/reviewed: Sep 2009

The queen bee is essential for the proper functioning of a bee colony.

Re-queening hives on a regular basis, every one or two years, is a popular and positive method of maintaining a uniformly high productive level in the apiary while keeping potential problems to a minimum.

This Primefact covers the purchase of replacement queen bees from commercial suppliers.

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