Finding drone laying queen.

[k9rml]

Hi i have a drone laying Queen or worker and i cannot find her,Which is the best way of finding her so i am sure she has gone before i introduce a new mated Queen Thanks

 

[oliver90owner]

i have a drone laying Queen or worker

First, it would help if you knew which. You are unlikely to find a DLQ if it is workers that are the culprits.

 

[k9rml]

Hi Oliver i lost the Quen tothis colony and the only produced one queen cell that was the 12th may i left them alone untill the 15th june then went in and only found a few sealed drone cells went in last thursday and found a few more drone brood buy could not find the Queen

 

[oliver90owner]

Probably laying workers. Do you know how to recognise laying worker drones as opposed to queen laid brood?

The only alternative, if you don't, is frames of eggs/young larvae into the colony for a few weeks at weekly intervals. If they are drone laying workers they will hopefully stop eventually; if a drone laying queen the hive will be full of drone brood by then.

 

[Hebeegeebee]

There will be threads here discussing the differences between drone laying queens and laying workers.

A DLQ should be findable with care, time etc.

 

[Finman]

You have 3 hives. take from one a larva frame. If bees start to rear emergency queen cells, that is worker layer case.

So then you have drone queen.

Put in front of entrance an excluder. Then shake all bees in front of the hive and the queen will be soon in front of entrance.

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