👑🐝 Ever held your breath while handling a precious virgin queen? We're unboxing FIVE Missouri Mite Hunter virgins and taking you through the delicate installation process! 😬 It's a wild ride from mail carrier to mating nuc.

🤔 What's the riskiest part of marking a virgin queen, and how can you minimize disaster (hint: it involves a quick trip indoors!)?

🧐 How do you really know if a hive is ready to accept a new virgin, and what happens when your hive checks throw you a total curveball?

🤯 Ever found evidence of a mystery queen laying eggs where you swore a hive was queenless?

📍 Highlights in this episode:

✅ Watch the careful unboxing and initial care for shipped Missouri Mite Hunter virgin queens.

✅ Learn a clever (and necessary!) indoor technique for marking those notoriously flighty virgins.

✅ Discover the optimal timing and conditions for introducing virgins to queenless mating nucs.

✅ See the step-by-step hive inspection process to confirm queenlessness – and the surprises that can pop up!

✅ Understand why a beekeeper might choose manual release over letting the bees do it themselves for valuable queens.

✅ Get real-world tips on troubleshooting unexpected hive conditions, like finding surprise larvae or even a new queen!

✅ Peek into practical beekeeping record-keeping with reusable notes and the magic of (generic!) magic erasers.

🎙️ This is just the beginning for these Missouri Mite Hunter queens! Hit subscribe to follow their journey and see if they become hive royalty! What are your biggest queen introduction challenges or surprise hive moments? Share below! 👇

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