- Joined
- Jun 28, 2017
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- Location
- N. Ireland
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 30+
I requeened a nuc a couple of weeks ago with my original 2017 queen that I started with. She was in the hive that I started the year with and attempted to swarm twice; it has since been re-queened and I moved the old lady into a nuc.
I checked the nuc today as I wanted to see how it was getting on, I spotted two what I believe are supersedure cells on the face of the comb; one on either side of a frame. One was almost capped and I could see a white larvae and the other was a few days behind so I knocked the younger one down. There was some capped brood but not overly much; she has been very prolific.
Just with how the weather is; 17-18°C, rainy and cloudy mostly is there still time to raise this new queen? I reckon if she is capped today then about 7 days to she emerges and another 2 weeks to mate brings us to the start of September.
Also the fact that it is a nuc, there may not be enough royal jelly made, will the queen even be worth having?
Thoughts?
I checked the nuc today as I wanted to see how it was getting on, I spotted two what I believe are supersedure cells on the face of the comb; one on either side of a frame. One was almost capped and I could see a white larvae and the other was a few days behind so I knocked the younger one down. There was some capped brood but not overly much; she has been very prolific.
Just with how the weather is; 17-18°C, rainy and cloudy mostly is there still time to raise this new queen? I reckon if she is capped today then about 7 days to she emerges and another 2 weeks to mate brings us to the start of September.
Also the fact that it is a nuc, there may not be enough royal jelly made, will the queen even be worth having?
Thoughts?
