Missing Queen

[jenkinsbrynmair]

hmmmmm

 

[ratcatcher]

I would have to check to be absolutely sure, but I think 6 frames. There are two frames that they haven't done much with and then the rest are full of capped honey/nectar/pollen.

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have noticed you mention capped honey a lot, but not so much mention of the important stuff like brood,larvae and eggs

 

[Chris B]

Chris B that's not fair (to the bees): everyone's swarming this year.

I've had 2 out of over 100 new season queens try to swarm on me. If we were talking about older queens I would agree with you. But even my old girls haven't been swarming without leaving a bit of a crop behind.

 

[TryingToLetThemBee]

I've had 2 out of over 100 new season queens try to swarm on me. If we were talking about older queens I would agree with you. But even my old girls haven't been swarming without leaving a bit of a crop behind.

That's a persuasive statistic. But remember you are a v experienced beek while the OP, with all due respect, is not. This sounds (a lot) like a Buckfast nuc from Paynes, the same place I got mine from. I don't have the experience to be definitive, but it should not be a swarmy strain relatively speaking.

 

[VixyB]

I have just been to have another look. There are 5 frames of sealed brood but no eggs or larvae. There was one larvae in a queen cup which I took away along with 5 sealed queen cells.

I have left one queen cell there. A photo is attached.

I think they have swarmed, there are still the majority of bees there, but define toy fewer than before. Lesson learned!!!

I definitely need to find a mentor in Newbury!!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I think they have swarmed,

I would say they have definitely swarmed - and by the looks of it you reduced the QC's to one just in time - by the photo that one is on the verge of emerging

 

[Erichalfbee]

Hi,

There were some queen cells which I removed.

SIGH................
Have a look at this

 

[BeeJayBee]

I have just been to have another look. There are 5 frames of sealed brood but no eggs or larvae. There was one larvae in a queen cup which I took away along with 5 sealed queen cells.

I have left one queen cell there. A photo is attached.

I think they have swarmed, there are still the majority of bees there, but define toy fewer than before. Lesson learned!!!

I definitely need to find a mentor in Newbury!!

It looks as if you left a capped queen cell almost ready to emerge, but destroyed an open one. Hopefully you will have prevented after swarms.

SIGH................
Have a look at this
http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=10549&d=1405451284

Good luck, beginning beekeeping is a steep learning curve

 

[VixyB]

I hope so!! It is a learning curve and a half!!!