MerryBee
House Bee
- Joined
- Jun 14, 2014
- Messages
- 242
- Reaction score
- 52
- Location
- Sussex
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 8
Does this queen look right to you. ?
She had emerged into the hive from a queen cell on a frame taken from another (better) colony. However i suspected that due to very poor weather on the day I transferred the frame, that the cell might have been chilled.
So a week later I checked to see if a queen had emerged, and found that she had. She was only a couple of inches away from the cell she had emerged from and hardly moving. And as you can see from the photo, she is very pale. I have never seen a queen so pale.
I thought she didnt look right, almost not fully developed, so I removed her and gave the colony another sealed cell.
However on reflection i thought perhaps I had been hasty and she was OK .
Any thoughts?
She had emerged into the hive from a queen cell on a frame taken from another (better) colony. However i suspected that due to very poor weather on the day I transferred the frame, that the cell might have been chilled.
So a week later I checked to see if a queen had emerged, and found that she had. She was only a couple of inches away from the cell she had emerged from and hardly moving. And as you can see from the photo, she is very pale. I have never seen a queen so pale.
I thought she didnt look right, almost not fully developed, so I removed her and gave the colony another sealed cell.
However on reflection i thought perhaps I had been hasty and she was OK .
Any thoughts?
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