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  1. zimbrowski

    Laying worker with queen cups

    Thanks MB, Jimmy and RAB. I'll get on with finding and replacing her. Zim
  2. zimbrowski

    Laying worker with queen cups

    That would make much more sense, but I have my hives above a pub in London and considering the mayhem they caused when they swarmed (drinkers and diners running for cover:blush5:), I would have thought an earlier prime would have attracted loads of attention. Also, the weather had been freezing...
  3. zimbrowski

    Laying worker with queen cups

    Me neither, I seem to have 1 egg per cell, in an erratic pattern.. just to confuse me I reckon. Throw in the queen cells and I would have thought it would indicate a DLQ.
  4. zimbrowski

    Laying worker with queen cups

    Sorry Jimmy, yep I mean cells. Have you any sign of a queen?
  5. zimbrowski

    Laying worker with queen cups

    Hey guys, here's a baffling one. 4 weeks ago one of my hives swarmed taking the 1 year old queen with them. I managed to retrieve the buggers from across the road and place them in a new hive. The queen was very much in evidence during the whole process (lots of clustering around her and after...
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