- Joined
- Feb 24, 2011
- Messages
- 1,562
- Reaction score
- 26
- Location
- near King's Lynn
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 50+. Double Std National & 14x12
I had a look this weekend, its been 21 days since they swarmed. The swarm I hived has eggs and capped brood so the original queen is doing well. In the original hive which the swarm left from I left a newly emerged queen which I saw running about as I was reducing the queen cells down to 2, so removed them all and left her to it. 3 weeks on and no eggs / larvae but what I believed to be cleaned out polished cells and the brood box that was heavy with stores seems to have been transfered up into the super above QE. Gonna leave them aother 2 weeks and check again. Plenty of bees (brood and half) so fingers crossed she gets on with it. Been windy here and average temp about 17c for ages so probably a bit slow to mate. Patience is hard but I believe better than keep meddling .