Is it too late ????

[FAZERLOZ]

I have two hives and one of them is queenless..... I haven’t had much time lately and it has been queenless for a while 3 weeks maybe more. Is it too late to let them do their thing with a frame from my other hive or should I buy in a queen?
Cheers

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Are they definitely queenless, or is she just taking a break?

 

[For want of a better word]

Are they definitely queenless, or is she just taking a break?

Would that be for a Cadburys snack or a Yorkie,,, mine like a Kit-Kat

 

[Poly Hive]

No, you think they are queenless which is quite another thing. It may be a brood stop eh?

Yes, put in a frame with some young grubs on it to check if they actually are queenless or not. That wee job could save you £40.

PH

 

[FAZERLOZ]

No pretty sure they are queenless but have put a frame in there will have look on Wednesday

 

[FAZERLOZ]

So
Looked in today
Bees very calm on the comb, not building queen cells on eggs I put in from the other hive .........but if I had a drone layer in there would they build queen cells?
There was a few drone cells scattered about one frame.

 

[Poly Hive]

If you have a DL then no obviously as you have a queen in there. anything else to report other than some drone cells? No worker brood?

PH

 

[Millet]

So
Looked in today
Bees very calm on the comb, not building queen cells on eggs I put in from the other hive .........but if I had a drone layer in there would they build queen cells?
There was a few drone cells scattered about one frame.

I have had a few drone layers over the past couple of years with no Queen cells present.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

a 'few' drone cells scattered around but no larvae indicates to me that the queen has stopped laying for whatever reason - all worker brood has emerged and so it's only the last drones laid waiting to emerge.
Classic normal end of summer brood break

 

[enrico]

a 'few' drone cells scattered around but no larvae indicates to me that the queen has stopped laying for whatever reason - all worker brood has emerged and so it's only the last drones laid waiting to emerge.
Classic normal end of summer brood break

Absolutely......I would it money on it!
E

 

[FAZERLOZ]

Many thanks for your replies
Will wait and see what happens from here on in
Cheers

 

[FAZERLOZ]

Right have put in 2 different frames from 2 nd hive still no queen cells but no brood other than drone. Have decided to buy in another queen. Decided to sieve the bees and found a large normal looking queen........put this in a 2 frame nuc and placed new queen in the hive. Still got the tape and candy on the introduction cage but will go in tomorrow and remove the tape. Will the queen in the nuc possibly start laying or not?
Cheers

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Will the queen in the nuc possibly start laying or not?
Cheers

She's proven herself to be a dud - decorate a gatepost with her

 

[FAZERLOZ]

Will do thanks