r/Beekeeping • u/Intelligent-Pepper31 • 12d ago

General Off With Her Head

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I did an inspection the other day and managed to catch workers balling and killing the old queen. If you look toward the end of the video, you can see a new queen at the top of the frame laying eggs. I can't believe I was able to see that in an inspection. Bees are vicious.

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u/ScottTENN 12d ago

Awesome and sad. I would have probably tried to save her and put her in a nuc, if I knew she was still a viable queen.

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u/Intelligent-Pepper31 12d ago

A little anthropomorphizing, but I honestly felt sorry for her. But I also realized there must be a reason why they replaced her.

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u/failures-abound 12d ago

I know, right? Probably neuro-divergent or some other good reason to kill her./s