Juststarting
House Bee
- Joined
- Sep 3, 2009
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- Location
- North Derbyshire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 4 hives, 1 nuc
Just checked main hive (double brood national) and found two sealed queen cells. These are on two different frames in upper brood box. Both are centrally positioned and on their own. Must have missed them - thought they were drone cells when check ing 6 days ago.
Queen is still present and laying well (eight frames with new eggs). She had slowed down but I attributed it to weather.
Earlier (2/5/11) in the year I had one queen cell which I moved to nuc before sealing and they did not make any more until now.
Should I :
1. leave alone and hope they are superceding.
1a remove 1 QC and then leave alone to supercede.
2. Remove one/both QC's to nuc and demaree main hive.
3. destroy QCs and see what they do next
4 any other suggestions
Thanks for prompt replies and advice
Queen is still present and laying well (eight frames with new eggs). She had slowed down but I attributed it to weather.
Earlier (2/5/11) in the year I had one queen cell which I moved to nuc before sealing and they did not make any more until now.
Should I :
1. leave alone and hope they are superceding.
1a remove 1 QC and then leave alone to supercede.
2. Remove one/both QC's to nuc and demaree main hive.
3. destroy QCs and see what they do next
4 any other suggestions
Thanks for prompt replies and advice
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