Debbie B
New Bee
- Joined
- Jun 2, 2019
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- Location
- South London
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 1
I posted a while ago because the queen in my very first colony of bees went missing. They seemed to be making a new one so, under the advice I received on here, from my course leader and from the supplier, I left them for a couple of weeks. When we reopened there were eggs but some cells had more than one. We left it for another week hoping it was a new queen and by the time we came again we'd be seeing a normal brood pattern. We returned yesterday and it is obvious we have laying workers. I am absolutely gutted.
Can you tell me, is it absolutely hopeless bearing in mind I have no spare frames of brood as this is my only hive. I have read conflicting opinions about shaking off the house bees far from the colony and then introducing a new queen. Is trying that my only option other than starting from scratch.
Thanks in advance.
Can you tell me, is it absolutely hopeless bearing in mind I have no spare frames of brood as this is my only hive. I have read conflicting opinions about shaking off the house bees far from the colony and then introducing a new queen. Is trying that my only option other than starting from scratch.
Thanks in advance.