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New Bee
I am new to beekeeping. I purchased two nucs about a month ago. One nuc seems to be doing much better than the other building up stores. I have found the queen in this hive during inspections and all looks well. I have now opened the other hive three times and have yet to spot the queen (this could easily be down to inexperience) this hive is busy enough but has not got the same levels of stores. Today I noticed an open queen cell in the middle of the comb- is this a sign that the queen is failing?, not mated properly? or other what should I do?