RogerJ
New Bee
- Joined
- Mar 3, 2015
- Messages
- 68
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- Location
- Herefordshire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5
I did a Pagden AS 25 days ago and I'm not sure if I need to be concerned:
On an inspection today the Q+ hive has some sealed brood (can't see queen - haven't seen her since the AS) but no larvae - also can't see any eggs but did see one small cluster a week ago; did see some bees emerging. Theer are alos no queen cells that I could see. So presumably there has been some activity since the AS. Bees in general are very active haven't drawn out all the new brood box frames yet but some do have nectar and pollen; also very busy in the supers with two quite full (not all capped). So my question is - is it just a case of the queen taking its time to get back to full
activity or is there something else going on?
The Q- hive has no brood as yet (all original brood hatched and presumably a bit too early for a new queen to mate etc); however all of the brood frames are full of stores so where would the queen lay? Assuming a queen has emerged and mates will the bees sort this out or do I need to do something?
Thanks.
On an inspection today the Q+ hive has some sealed brood (can't see queen - haven't seen her since the AS) but no larvae - also can't see any eggs but did see one small cluster a week ago; did see some bees emerging. Theer are alos no queen cells that I could see. So presumably there has been some activity since the AS. Bees in general are very active haven't drawn out all the new brood box frames yet but some do have nectar and pollen; also very busy in the supers with two quite full (not all capped). So my question is - is it just a case of the queen taking its time to get back to full
activity or is there something else going on?
The Q- hive has no brood as yet (all original brood hatched and presumably a bit too early for a new queen to mate etc); however all of the brood frames are full of stores so where would the queen lay? Assuming a queen has emerged and mates will the bees sort this out or do I need to do something?
Thanks.