Drone Laying Queen ?

[StevieG]

Good Morning

I seem to have a queen laying just drone eggs as most of the frames have drone brood pattern.
Im really confused as to what is best to do now ?
Do I buy a new queen ?
I only have one hive as first year ?

 

[masterBK]

You need a new queen but is it worth requeening? The exisitng workers will be old now and the Varroa count high as they breed much faster in drone brood. You need to find the drone laying queen and remove her and then next day introduce the new one via fondant release introduction cage with the risk that she might not be accepted. If problem is laying workers then introducing a mated queen often a waste of time and a waste of a queen.
In Yorkshire the concept of "buying" is alien to many of us (but not all) . Chances are there will be someone in your association with a spare queen at this time of year that they will give you for nowt and also help you carry out the requeening. I donate spare queens (good ones not rubbish ones) to members every year as my way of putting something back into beekeeping by helping others as I remember when people helped me over 50 yrs ago.

 

[enrico]

Bit concerned as you say drone brood pattern. Is there any worker brood? Not sure how experienced you are but you wil get some drone brood in all hives, some more than others.
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[StevieG]

Morning...
No worker brood at all im afraid

 

[REDWOOD]

is it a new queen, if so I had one that laid 2 14x12 frames of drone brood before she started laying worker brood, luck for her as I planed to squish her that day, two years on and she is still laying worker brood, I say give the girl a chance, two weeks max.