- Joined
- Jul 17, 2009
- Messages
- 343
- Reaction score
- 1
- Location
- North Wiltshire uk
- Hive Type
- Langstroth
- Number of Hives
- 50+
Inspected my hives today, all look great apart from the last one I inspected.
This hive had only drone brood with some drones already hatched.
Whats my best option to resolve the problem?
Ideally I would re queen but I dont think I can get one this early in the season.
I could kill the dud queen and put a frame of eggs from another hive. The new queen would emerge mid April but will she sucessfully mate this early?
Can the worker bees differenciate between fertilised eggs ans unfertitised eggs when selecting ab egg to make a queen ?
I could wait until I can buy in a queen but the colony might have died out by then.
James
This hive had only drone brood with some drones already hatched.
Whats my best option to resolve the problem?
Ideally I would re queen but I dont think I can get one this early in the season.
I could kill the dud queen and put a frame of eggs from another hive. The new queen would emerge mid April but will she sucessfully mate this early?
Can the worker bees differenciate between fertilised eggs ans unfertitised eggs when selecting ab egg to make a queen ?
I could wait until I can buy in a queen but the colony might have died out by then.
James