justme
Field Bee
- Joined
- May 27, 2010
- Messages
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- Location
- Middle of Cornwall. uk
- Hive Type
- Other
- Number of Hives
- 10(OSB hives)1 National
Hi all,
The A/s / nuc reunited(on another thread) that went weird with queen cells being ripped down left , right and centre and then started laying last week has turned out to be a drone layer;.(
Havent yet found the queen, weather not great for looking.
Last night a friend texted me, do you want a queen? Checked it out with him, realsied that I wouldn't find the queen now as it was too cold to keep the hive open long, so I made up a small split (again) in a nuc box. I checked as best as I could but quickly (weather) to see if I could see the queen, no I couldn't. Box is facing other way, almost no bees flying, it was coldish.
Then the new queen turned up. Because I wasn't sure which box the DLQ was in I put the new Q in a cage in the nuc, no fondant, aiming to check for new eggs asap then i'll know where to introduce new Q.
Question 1, have I done ok so far?
Question 2, This morning, heavy drizzle. Went up to peep round corner at hives, many bees , in the drizzle, flying round and round between the two hives, not near either entrance. Why would this be?
Both hives have feeders on.
Advice please, Di.
The A/s / nuc reunited(on another thread) that went weird with queen cells being ripped down left , right and centre and then started laying last week has turned out to be a drone layer;.(
Havent yet found the queen, weather not great for looking.
Last night a friend texted me, do you want a queen? Checked it out with him, realsied that I wouldn't find the queen now as it was too cold to keep the hive open long, so I made up a small split (again) in a nuc box. I checked as best as I could but quickly (weather) to see if I could see the queen, no I couldn't. Box is facing other way, almost no bees flying, it was coldish.
Then the new queen turned up. Because I wasn't sure which box the DLQ was in I put the new Q in a cage in the nuc, no fondant, aiming to check for new eggs asap then i'll know where to introduce new Q.
Question 1, have I done ok so far?
Question 2, This morning, heavy drizzle. Went up to peep round corner at hives, many bees , in the drizzle, flying round and round between the two hives, not near either entrance. Why would this be?
Both hives have feeders on.
Advice please, Di.