grizzly
Drone Bee
- Joined
- Nov 9, 2008
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- Location
- Hampshire
- Hive Type
- Langstroth
- Number of Hives
- 6
For the first time in my little beekeeping life, i watched a Queen checking cells and laying whilst i was working the hive, i have always spotted the queen in other hives only to watch her then scuttle around the other side of the frame, this one (yes i am biased) is a real gem, so calm and chilled on the comb, she is now laying well as you can see from the pics, as this is my last colony i am pondering of perhaps double brood and then splitting in order to try and increase. Some of the bees are working rape but they always behave well and tolerate me so i would like to have more in that apiary with this Queens genes.
This was the queen i almost lost last year when i plopped a green blob on her, the bees immediately removed most of it, thats why it looks a bit tatty. Here she was laying, sorry about the bad pic.
This was the queen i almost lost last year when i plopped a green blob on her, the bees immediately removed most of it, thats why it looks a bit tatty. Here she was laying, sorry about the bad pic.
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