Description
Improve Queen Rearing Success – TempQueen (simulates an egg laying queen) used in queen mating nuclei in early spring can maintain significantly higher bee numbers than in non-treated nucs. Insert one TempQueen lure in each mating nuclei when it is established or when the queen cell is inserted.
Ship Queenless Packages – TempQueen calms bees shipped in queenless packages. Place TempQueen lure as if it were a queen cage.
Temporary Queen Replacement – A hive will perform normally for several days with Temp Queen as a temporary queen. Remove the queen or queen cells and place a TempQueen lure in each brood box. When a queen is available, the TempQueen is removed and a new queen introduced.
michael mcelroy –
I have used these before when I lost a queen or have new queen to introduce they really keep the bees from leaving and keep them happy and working they are great
kevin fox –
prevents formation of drone layers (worker bees that take over laying unfertilized eggs), and keeps bees harvesting nectar and pollen — extremely worth their price
typically comes with zip ties- i zip tie each and snake the zip tie end into an empty beetle blaster (oil) small hive beetle trap leaving the temp queen exposed, and then duct tape i the zip tie in place and making installation in a hive easy and reusable instead of stapling the zip tie as i had b4