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Freiderich (Fred) Bechly was born in Prenzlau, Brandenburg, Germany to Freiderich Johann Bechly (1807-1892) and Charlotte Beutel (1812-1876).
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Freiderich August Bechly
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Fred Bechly owned a farm in Searsboro, Iowa, was a noted Apiologist, and a correspondent for the American Bee Journal. His technique for introducing new queen bees to an existing hive was published in 1874. New queens are usually rejected by an existing hive.
In his technique, Mr.
Bechly removes a comb from the hive, places the comb and hive bees into an empty hive, and closes them in with the new queen. The bees being stressed by foreign imprisonment are unconcerned about the new queen.
The old hive is left queenless and is also closed. Over the next several days, as the hives are reopened, the bees return to the old hive along with their new queen.
