Blue Spinnaker
House Bee
- Joined
- Feb 21, 2010
- Messages
- 241
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- Location
- Staffordshire
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 1 + 1 nuc
I installed my new queen on Friday, and took off the plastic covering to her cage on Sunday so the workers could eat their way through to her. I checked just now to see if she was out OK and I could see that there was still candy in the entrance and she was still inside, so I took off the lid and let her out.
She went straight away and stuffed her bum down some cells and the workers mostly seemed to be ignoring her. I took a quick photo and left them alone. I'm away for 10 days now so there's no chance of me getting in her way while she settles down.
It's been a traumatic start for a newbie with test frames not working etc, so I'm just looking for reassurance really! Might they still ball her, or would they have gone straight for her? They have been Q- for several weeks, the last possible date eggs could have been laid is the 6th July, so there are very few uncapped cells now.
Thanks
She went straight away and stuffed her bum down some cells and the workers mostly seemed to be ignoring her. I took a quick photo and left them alone. I'm away for 10 days now so there's no chance of me getting in her way while she settles down.
It's been a traumatic start for a newbie with test frames not working etc, so I'm just looking for reassurance really! Might they still ball her, or would they have gone straight for her? They have been Q- for several weeks, the last possible date eggs could have been laid is the 6th July, so there are very few uncapped cells now.
Thanks