The Rebel Queen

[emo_snal]

08:30 this morning: It was a bright sunny morning, already approaching the 80s as I stepped out onto my back porch. This weather would be an unmitigated cause of excitement for me except they'd slapped a state-wide fire-ban on the day so I couldn't actually do any beekeeping -- lighting the smoker counts as (and is) a fire risk. Despite this I

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[furzicle]

What are the prospects for such a small colony?

[emo_snal]

Not much unless she starts laying eggs!

[a_phoenixdragon]

Whoa...that is quite a lot of protocol breaking in less than a week!!

[emo_snal]

Forsooth! The bees have been busy!

[lenine2]

The saga of Queen Sara continues!

[emo_snal]

Indeed! I wonder if she'll do anything noteworthy nexty week for continuing updates?? (:

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[roina_arwen]

Very cool! I didn’t know queens could only mate while flying - poor Sera!

[emo_snal]

Yep! And flying several kilometers. Early attempts at controlled mating failed since one simply cannot build an enclosed space big enough