Practice Makes Perfect

An excellent point brought up at our Field Day....Practice "picking up your queen" with DRONES. Drones don't have a stinger - so you can handle them painlessly.

There may be a day when you need to handle your queen:

1. Putting her "away" for safe keeping while you're seriously messing with the hive.
2. Grabbing her and making sure she "goes in the right box" if you're splitting hives.
3. Grabbing her to "do away" with her