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New to beekeeping- Queens?

kingerae86 · 2012-05-03 20:37:09

new to bee keeping, is there different size queen gaurds available or are they all the one size? any help greatly appreciated

03-05-2012 9:37pm

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kingerae86

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new to bee keeping,
is there different size queen gaurds available or are they all the one size?
any help greatly appreciated

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#2 03-05-2012 10:37pm

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http://www.irishbeekeeping.ie/

This might help.

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#3 04-05-2012 1:12am

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There is a thread on bee-keeping in the Smallholding sub-forum

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056401228

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#4 15-06-2012 3:59pm

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kingerae86 wrote: »

new to bee keeping,
is there different size queen gaurds available or are they all the one size?
any help greatly appreciated

Hi kingerae!

I've been doing bee keeping for just over a year now, had a lot of help from 2 experienced bee keepers and I'm currently helping one of them with his apiaries (about 100 hives)

I have to say, ive never heard of a queen guards before, ive heard of a mouse guard and a queen cage, is it possible you meant on of these?

anyway, if you have any questions, ask away and ill help in any way i can!

Kev

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#5 15-06-2012 4:06pm

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SC Kevin wrote: »

Hi kingerae!

I've been doing bee keeping for just over a year now, had a lot of help from 2 experienced bee keepers and I'm currently helping one of them with his apiaries (about 100 hives)

I have to say, ive never heard of a queen guards before, ive heard of a mouse guard and a queen cage, is it possible you meant on of these?

anyway, if you have any questions, ask away and ill help in any way i can!

Kev

Is it a queen excluder perhaps?

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#6 15-06-2012 4:07pm

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^^^^^^^^

Forgot that!

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#7 15-06-2012 7:35pm

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Think you might mean queen excluder, and they have to be an exact size regardless of the make - avoid the plastic ones, they are restrictive for the bees.

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