Want To Buy Bee keeping basics

[dlbleak]

If it was a swarm, it could have been a secondary swarm with a virgin queen. She would of had to go on her mating flight. Might not of made it back / killed or eaten before making it back. You could purchase a mated queen or try to find someone with a frame of eggs to donate.
Or purchase a nuc and newspaper combine. Several options.

Would buy a mated queen if I can find one. This is a V bottom langstroff. We have another that we would put another swarm in if we catch one. Need eggs, queen or cell before we lose the bees to attrition.

 

[2busy]

Would buy a mated queen if I can find one. This is a V bottom langstroff. We have another that we would put another swarm in if we catch one. Need eggs, queen or cell before we lose the bees to attrition.

Might check with these folks

https://www.littlecreekbeeranch.com/queens-for-sale
https://www.bakerbeefarms.com/e-commerce/queen-bee

 

[dlbleak]

Thank you @2busy

 

[2busy]

Thank you @2busy

That was just a couple I found online. There may be more if you search for queen bees for sale in Oklahoma.

 

[dlbleak]

That was just a couple I found online. There may be more if you search for queen bees for sale in Oklahoma.

Thank you for the leads. Hank at Baker bee farm has been great. He is just as concerned about keeping the hive alive as we are. He’s meeting us on his lunch break tomorrow with a queen.

 

[2busy]

I guess attrition is what actually happens but most beekeepers usually just say it turned into a laying worker hive due to being queen less. Laying workers can only lay unfertilized eggs (male only) hive eventually dies out since female eggs are what keeps the hive growing.

 

[HillsideDesolate]

I guess attrition is what actually happens but most beekeepers usually just say it turned into a laying worker hive due to being queen less.

I be had a laying worker before and it is pretty obvious. Random drone cells

 

[2busy]

I be had a laying worker before and it is pretty obvious. Random drone cells

I need to check my splits. See if they produced a laying queen.

 

[dlbleak]

We placed a mated queen this afternoon. Hoping it all works. We’ll check Tuesday ish to see how things are progressing.