Laying space for new queen

[gwt_uk]

Hello all,

At the weekend I carried out swarm prevention on a colony, leaving a queen cell for them to make a new queen. Hopefully she will mate successfully and start laying in due course. In the meantime, once all the remaining brood has emerged is it likely that the bees will back fill the space with stores ( the colony also has two supers as well)?

 

[Finman]

Hello all,

At the weekend I carried out swarm prevention on a colony, leaving a queen cell for them to make a new queen. Hopefully she will mate successfully and start laying in due course. In the meantime, once all the remaining brood has emerged is it likely that the bees will back fill the space with stores ( the colony also has two supers as well)?

You see it after 3 weeks when the new queen starts to lay.
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[Erichalfbee]

Hello all,

At the weekend I carried out swarm prevention on a colony, leaving a queen cell for them to make a new queen. Hopefully she will mate successfully and start laying in due course. In the meantime, once all the remaining brood has emerged is it likely that the bees will back fill the space with stores ( the colony also has two supers as well)?

Yes if there’s a flow but they will clear it in time for the new queen to lay.