keithgrimes
Field Bee
- Joined
- May 29, 2010
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- Location
- Northumberland
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 3
On July 6 I moved a QC and two frames of bees from a swarm donor colony in to a five frame nuc, with three frames of foundation. I didn't feed. On July 12 the queen had hatched and was seen. Inspected yesterday (in evening to avoid possible mating flight) and found -
No queen seen. About half a frame of foundation drawn out. No stores to speak of, just bits and pieces. No eggs,larvae. One of the frames of foundation has had a hole bitten through it. About 15% of the area. I know it can take a while for the queen to mate and I think the hole in the foundation may be because they are starving? My brain is at a loss but my gut tells me to feed and wait two weeks. Nuc is OMF and there has been plenty of to-ing and fro-ing ever since I placed the QC in the nuc. Any advice would be much appreciated.
No queen seen. About half a frame of foundation drawn out. No stores to speak of, just bits and pieces. No eggs,larvae. One of the frames of foundation has had a hole bitten through it. About 15% of the area. I know it can take a while for the queen to mate and I think the hole in the foundation may be because they are starving? My brain is at a loss but my gut tells me to feed and wait two weeks. Nuc is OMF and there has been plenty of to-ing and fro-ing ever since I placed the QC in the nuc. Any advice would be much appreciated.