piping queen in our hive: what is happening?

[ecudielle]

looking for advice on this riddle
we've been late with inspection so the obvious happened and our colonies swarmed (probably all 3). We collected three swarms on April 30th. Two absconded, one is now in a nuc waiting for a new home, has queen, not marked so either not ours or secondary. We checked our hives on May 2nd and saw one unmarked queen in each of two hives. Third hive we couldn't see queen but saw larvae.

My question is about this hive (#3).
We inspected May 9th and found only capped brood. We heard a queen bee piping (attached) but could not spot her. We also saw one capped swarm queen cell.
What is going here? What would you do next and when?

Thank you!

 

[Sutty]

That sounds like a trapped worker bee. I presume you had already moved some frames?

 

[Parsonage Bees]

That sounds like a trapped worker bee. I presume you had already moved some frames?

I think that's a piping queen. Bit longer note than usual.

@ecudielle Not an expert here but my thoughts are that this is a new queen making her presence known to the hive. Challenging any other queens to a fight.
10+ days since swarm and QC capped, 4-5+ days since emergence, she's still a virgin? Maybe?
Someone else may have a better idea.

Took me about 5 years to hear this. All the best.

#edit Leave them alone for 10-14days for new queen to get mated and start laying. Weather is perfect for this.

 

[jarmo henttu]

Tupla

 

[jarmo henttu]

My question is about this hive (#3).
We inspected May 9th and found only capped brood. We heard a queen bee piping (attached) but could not spot her. We also saw one capped swarm queen cell.
What is going here? What would you do next and when?

Thank you!

You saw a queen cell a month ago in 9th of May. That case is over.

 

[ericbeaumont]

heard a queen bee piping (attached) but could not spot her. We also saw one capped swarm queen cell

Two virgins in the hive: one emerged and the other still in the QC. Likely to swarm again on the virgin, leaving the sealed virgin to emerge and take over the colony.

Next time you hear this, go through the combs and open the tips of all QCs with a sharp knife; allow the virgins to emerge and enter the BB. Once this is done, remove all QCs, opened or closed, empty or dud; the released virgins will not swarm, but fight until one remains.

 

[jarmo henttu]

Two virgins in the hive: one emerged and the other still in the QC. Likely to swarm again on the virgin, leaving the sealed virgin to emerge and take over the colony.

Next time you hear this, go through the combs and open the tips of all QCs with a sharp knife; allow the virgins to emerge and enter the BB. Once this is done, remove all QCs, opened or closed, empty or dud; the released virgins will not swarm, but fight until one remains.

If the queen is free and it is piping, propably he swarm will start next day.

 

[ericbeaumont]

If the queen is free and it is piping, propably he swarm will start next day.

Yes, unless ecudielle got in there early on 10 May and released or removed those extra QCs.

 

[jarmo henttu]

Yes, unless ecudielle got in there early on 10 May and released or removed those extra QCs.

I do not know what has happened a month ago.

But when the queen is piping, probaply the primary swarm has gone a week ago.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I do not know what has happened a month ago

I struggle to remember what happened yesterday

 

[jarmo henttu]

I struggle to remember what happened yesterday

No bee piped = nothing