The apiary process of removing an old, failing, or aggressive queen bee and replacing her with a newly mated queen. Beekeepers perform this operation to improve the genetics, temperament, and brood production of the hive. The new queen is typically introduced in a small cage plugged with candy, allowing the worker bees to slowly acclimate to her pheromones before she is released into the colony.
Heard on the job
That hive is getting too defensive, so we need to find the old queen and requeen the colony this weekend.