No Queen, Re-queening help!

[thedozzer]

It would appear you have a drone laying queen which will have to be found and despatched otherwise they will not make QC or accept an introduced queen.

Hi Beeno
How would i tell the difference? as from what i have read it may take up to 3 weeks of adding frames before they will draw a QC, i gather that egg placement is one indicator but im crap at playing spot the queen!!

Laying workers usually lay in a 'spotty' irregular pattern, you miight also find multiple eggs in many cells.
DLQ will usually lay a regular pattern as she would if she was laying worker eggs.
No QC's on a frame of eggs is no conclusive proof of there being a queen in there

Hi JB the brood pattern is all over the place, its very patchy and nothing like our other hive!!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Hi JB the brood pattern is all over the place, its very patchy and nothing like our other hive!!

sounds like a laying worker pattern, but nothing conclusive in this game!

 

[enrico]

Hi Beeno
How would i tell the difference? as from what i have read it may take up to 3 weeks of adding frames before they will draw a QC, i gather that egg placement is one indicator but im crap at playing spot the queen!!


Hi JB the brood pattern is all over the place, its very patchy and nothing like our other hive!!

......sorry. already in another post!

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[beeno]

Post a picture of the brood area.

 

[thedozzer]

Post a picture of the brood area.

Quick update, did an inspection today, and the last frame of eggs we gave them has done the trick, one side was all nicely capped brood and there was one sealed QC and one big fat juicy larvae in another so just the 2, leave well alone for the next few weeks to wait and see.