Late June 2010. I was sitting at work one day and with not much to do, started searching the web for information on bee-havior (I know!, funny, right?) I found two articles that described the condition of our lost (north) hive but nothing that would suggest a resolution. One article did say that we could introduce a new queen and that maybe there was a 50% chance that it would work. I figured, 'what do I have to lose' so I contacted the SLC company to see if they could send me a queen. Funny story about that phone conversation that I might share later, but it turns out they would not ship a queen to Idaho.
I knew they got the package bees from Northern California (no-cal) so searched the web for bee providers there. I found one in Sacramento and called them up. I asked the gal who answered if they would ship a queen to Idaho and she said they would but the cost was $60. Then she asked me to hold on and went to get her dad. I could hear her tell him I was in Idaho and was needing a queen. He asked me why I needed one. I told him the situation. He said I did not want to put a new queen in that (north) hive she would get killed.
I got a good education from a professional that day. His name is Fred Stewart and he runs Sacramento Beekeeping Supplies and his website is http://sacramentobeekeeping.com/ . He was really fun to talk to and gave me some great advice. He even asked me to call him back and let him know how it was going.
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