ladaok
House Bee
- Joined
- May 25, 2016
- Messages
- 147
- Reaction score
- 2
- Location
- bte puke bay of plenty new zealand
- Hive Type
- None
1st time i've heard a strange, singing or I suppose you could call it piping sound / call.
From a hive that has swarmed about 8 +/- days ago. Still looked really active last couple of days, I was a bit suspicious, found 2 old cells on one and about 5 emergency or supersedure cells on another frame, pretty new by the look, but capped (8+) days old. So decided to split this hive, with my trial method (which seems to work well ), was moving frames around and heard this noise (piping ?)
What is it ? what does it mean ? ... queen still in cell, virgin Q on the loose ?
have read about it previously, but have forgotten
So any, have split with the pied piper in the top box with what looks like 2 old Q/C and the new cells below
From a hive that has swarmed about 8 +/- days ago. Still looked really active last couple of days, I was a bit suspicious, found 2 old cells on one and about 5 emergency or supersedure cells on another frame, pretty new by the look, but capped (8+) days old. So decided to split this hive, with my trial method (which seems to work well ), was moving frames around and heard this noise (piping ?)
What is it ? what does it mean ? ... queen still in cell, virgin Q on the loose ?
have read about it previously, but have forgotten
So any, have split with the pied piper in the top box with what looks like 2 old Q/C and the new cells below