extra queen????

[jimmybee]

Hi everyone, I was just about to check my hives today when right next to one of them was a very large queen (unmarked) so i put her in a queen clip checked my hives and found that she was a extra. there was a lot of drones flying today so would she have come in to mate any ideas????

 

[MuswellMetro]

could be a supercedure queen that failed to find her hive

 

[beeatshellards]

suspect supercedure

 

[susbees]

suspect supercedure

....and look for the remnants of a queen cell mid frame towards the edge of the brood nest...

 

[drstitson]

presume she is now safely in a nuc not still in the queen clip.

 

[jimmybee]

yeah she is in a nuc so ill see how the hives go and if i need her then ill pop her in.

 

[Hivemaker.]

I would of left that queen where you found it.

 

[jimmybee]

some times you pankic, I know I should of but its to late know maybe next time