The act of requeening a. hive by removing a colony's queen and replacing her with a new queen has long been a recommended practice in beekeeping circles. The primary reasons for this are that colonies headed by younger queens are less likely to swarmand younger queens tend to lay more eggs than older queens. The resulting larger colonies are more likely to produce bumper honey crops. By requeening a colony with a mated queen instead of allowing it to naturally supersede the old queen, the beekeeperwill tend to have more control over the genetic make-up of the hive and will avoid mating issues due to inclement weather, or an insufficient number of drones in the mating area.
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