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- Oct 23, 2010
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- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2
My bees swarmed last thursday and i went through the hive looking for a queen but there was not one. I then got rid of the remaining queen cells except the largest one. Today I looked in on them and there was more sealed queen cells, and the queen cell I left from last week looked like the queen had hatched as the end looked like it was on a hinge and it was open.
Today I got rid of more queen cells and left the biggest one. There seemed to be plenty of bees and it doesnt look like more left with a swarm as it looks like there is the same amount of bees as last week.
I was just wondering, could the queen cell I left last week have been empty or could the queen have hatched out ok and gone on her mating flight.
Not sure where to go from here ,i am hoping what ive done up to now is correct. Any advice on what to do next would be appreciated
Today I got rid of more queen cells and left the biggest one. There seemed to be plenty of bees and it doesnt look like more left with a swarm as it looks like there is the same amount of bees as last week.
I was just wondering, could the queen cell I left last week have been empty or could the queen have hatched out ok and gone on her mating flight.
Not sure where to go from here ,i am hoping what ive done up to now is correct. Any advice on what to do next would be appreciated