- Joined
- Aug 16, 2017
- Messages
- 34
- Reaction score
- 2
- Location
- Cardiff
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5
One of my colonies decided to supercede despite doing well. I'd put some foundationless frames in one super (with a queen excluder), which they were drawing out nicely in drone-sized cells, as they do.
Four weeks later, and there is drone brood in the foundationless frames in the super - but also brood in the brood box. Too early to tell yet whether the brood in the BB is drone or worker - but will be capped by the weekend so I'll be able to tell. Single eggs in each cell, and appears to be a normal laying pattern.
Question is, is this a young (small) queen who can get through a QX or a drone laying worker? Plan is to check at the weekend and then I should be able to tell by how they're capped. Meanwhile, interested to know whether young queens can get through a QX.
PS it's a wired QX with no gaps.
Four weeks later, and there is drone brood in the foundationless frames in the super - but also brood in the brood box. Too early to tell yet whether the brood in the BB is drone or worker - but will be capped by the weekend so I'll be able to tell. Single eggs in each cell, and appears to be a normal laying pattern.
Question is, is this a young (small) queen who can get through a QX or a drone laying worker? Plan is to check at the weekend and then I should be able to tell by how they're capped. Meanwhile, interested to know whether young queens can get through a QX.
PS it's a wired QX with no gaps.