{"id":5342,"date":"2016-05-18T13:25:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T13:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vonbulow.org\/medlemmer\/?page_id=5342"},"modified":"2024-03-26T06:33:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T06:33:11","slug":"caging-the-queen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.biavl.dk\/medlemmer\/videnbank\/beekeeping-in-denmark-2\/varroa-in-english\/caging-the-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"CAGING THE QUEEN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AN EFFECTIVE BEEKEEPING INTERVENTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5357\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biavl.dk\/medlemmer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/CAGING-225x300.png\" alt=\"CAGING\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biavl.dk\/medlemmer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/CAGING-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.biavl.dk\/medlemmer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/CAGING.png 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><br \/>\n* Using this method the queen is caged inside a frame for almost four weeks<br \/>\n* The varroa mite numbers can be kept to an acceptable level using queen caging combined with the removal of drone brood.<br \/>\n* Queen caging prevents swarming.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROCEDURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Queen caging can be carried out on one or more framed.\u00a0 Here caging inside a cassette on a single frame is described.<\/li>\n<li>Queen caging tales place before the Spring oil-seed-rape honey flow.\u00a0 The intervention is carried out every eight or nine days<\/li>\n<li>In the first intervention the queen is put on a frame inside the cassette<\/li>\n<li>At the second intervention remove all the queen cells. The first frame is set behind the cassette, and the queen is then put onto the second frame inside the cassette.<\/li>\n<li>Under the third intervention remove the first frame.\u00a0 The second frame is then placed behind the cassette, and the queen is the placed on the third frame inside the cassette.<\/li>\n<li>At the fourth intervention remove the second frame.\u00a0 The queen is then released from the cassette, while the third frame remains in the cassette.<\/li>\n<li>At the fifth intervention remove the cassette and the third frame.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"136\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5358\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biavl.dk\/medlemmer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/CAGING2-300x136.png\" alt=\"CAGING2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biavl.dk\/medlemmer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/CAGING2-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/www.biavl.dk\/medlemmer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/CAGING2.png 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>BAIT FRAMES\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The \u201cbait\u201d frames which have been removed can be destroyed.\u00a0 They can also be treated with formic acid or by heat\u00a0 treatment , if there are not dead brood in the frames<\/li>\n<li>Using formic acid treatment the brood must not be more than 16 to 17 days old.<\/li>\n<li>Six to seven bait frames are set into an isolated box.<\/li>\n<li>At the top and the bottom a thin. porous wood fibre board in placed and each is given 25 ml of 85% formic acid solution. The box is then covered with an air tight cover and bottom.<\/li>\n<li>One hour later the treatment is complete. The frames may only be placed in hives from which a honey harvest is not to be taken.<\/li>\n<li>Using heat treatment the brood must not be more than 16 &#8211; 17 days either. The treatment as described in the section on heat treatment\u00a0 should be followed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AN EFFECTIVE BEEKEEPING INTERVENTION * Using this method the queen is caged inside a frame for almost four weeks * The varroa mite numbers can be kept to an acceptable level using queen caging combined with the removal of drone brood. * Queen caging prevents swarming. PROCEDURE Queen caging can be carried out on one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5305,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5342","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biavl.dk\/medlemmer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biavl.dk\/medlemmer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biavl.dk\/medlemmer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biavl.dk\/medlemmer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biavl.dk\/medlemmer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5342"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.biavl.dk\/medlemmer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8956,"href":"https:\/\/www.biavl.dk\/medlemmer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5342\/revisions\/8956"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biavl.dk\/medlemmer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biavl.dk\/medlemmer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}