Absconding apideas

[Rosie]

You lot frightened me when I read that apideas abscond when in full sun. My Warnholz nucs are in full sun and have just had a couple of days that must have been the warmest and brightest of the season. I checked and found them all happily enjoying the conditions. I wonder if Apideas are worse for this than other types of mini-nuc.

I usually introduce my new queens as soon as the their first batch of larvae are capped so that I can be certain they are not laying drones. I haven't introduced a large number but I haven't had a failure yet.

Steve