first inspection what a mess

[MJBee]

sealed queen cells on the face of the frame and the queen still present = supercedure. I would leave them to it. Check in a week that the queen has emerged then leave alone for 3 weeks to allow her to mate and ( hopefully) start laying.

 

[darren64]

sealed queen cells on the face of the frame and the queen still present = supercedure. I would leave them to it. Check in a week that the queen has emerged then leave alone for 3 weeks to allow her to mate and ( hopefully) start laying.

checked on friday and the queen cells had gone,the queen was still there but still no brood,so I removed her and put in some eggs on a frame from the other hive,will they now make some new queen cells?

 

[darren64]

checked on friday and the queen cells had gone,the queen was still there but still no brood,so I removed her and put in some eggs on a frame from the other hive,will they now make some new queen cells?

just checked again today and the there are some eggs,I didn't see a queen,could this be a laying worker?the eggs were in the right position sticking upright.

 

[MuswellMetro]

just checked again today and the there are some eggs,I didn't see a queen,could this be a laying worker?the eggs were in the right position sticking upright.

it looks like your queen appears to have been superseded by a new queen, the old queen you remove would have been sliimed down by the workers to die and without food has stopped laying

inspect next week to see if they are capped brood and the laying pattern

 

[darren64]

it looks like your queen appears to have been superseded by a new queen, the old queen you remove would have been sliimed down by the workers to die and without food has stopped laying

inspect next week to see if they are capped brood and the laying pattern

the old queen was one that had already superceded in early spring and didn't lay many eggs so I removed her last friday.are eggs laid by a worker just plonked in the bottom because they can't reach right down into the comb?these eggs were stood up.

 

[Poly Hive]

Laying workers cannot reach the bottom of the cell. Their abdomens are too short.

Your question actually does not add up but I think this is what you are asking?

Eggs on bottom = normal queen laying.

Eggs on cell wall = laying workers. Which are not that common.

PH

 

[oliver90owner]

Another frame containing eggs and young brood is the way to go.

If there is a dud queen there you need to know now, not next month; if no queen, you can take appropriate action - and the brood would help prevent the problem of laying workers.

I would not want to rely on a queen cell raised in that colony, so I would be inducing supercedure cells in your other colony, ready for use as things do not look good with that colony at the present time.

RAB