Jon.21
House Bee
- Joined
- Aug 13, 2021
- Messages
- 137
- Reaction score
- 66
- Location
- Derby, UK
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 4
Little bit confused on this one. On the 5th may I did a demaree. Queen in bottom box then queen excluder, 3 supers, queen excluder then top box (previously bottom box). After a week I went in and knocked down any queen cells in the top box. Since then each week I have inspected and found the marked queen in the bottom box. Today almost 3 weeks later I carry out another demaree on the same colony - I find the marked queen in the bottom box but as I was going through the top box frames before moving it to the bottom I noticed 3 charged queen cells on the front of the comb next to some sealed drone brood. They had plenty of royal jelly and a little larvae in each one. Went through the rest of the top box and no eggs anywhere. Just a few areas of remaining sealed brood.
Thoughts and how this could have occurred as the queen has been in the very bottom box the whole time ? Could the bees have moved eggs up from the bottom box through the queen excluders and supers into the top box ?
Thoughts and how this could have occurred as the queen has been in the very bottom box the whole time ? Could the bees have moved eggs up from the bottom box through the queen excluders and supers into the top box ?