Does anyone know what would happen to a queen that I don’t squish when I re-queen. The queen was inside the hive so if I take it a hundred feet away from the hive it would not find its way back? Would the lone queen be able to eat on her own or would she die very quick outside the hive? Any ideas on what to do if I don’t want to kill the old queen?
When you requeen, you really need to kill the old one so that the worker bees accept the new queen. If you leave her outside she will die anyway – she will not be able to feed herself & will not survive outside the hive. So the most humane thing is to kill her quickly rather than letting her die slowly.
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