malawi2854
House Bee
- Joined
- Nov 16, 2009
- Messages
- 205
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- Location
- Tonbridge, Kent
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 5
Hello all,
My bees swarmed over the first bank holiday weekend - they created a lot of queen cells - and on advice, I removed all but a couple.
I then decided I would take the opportunity of having all these queen cells, and still a surprisingly strong colony to split it, and create my 2nd colony.
I had the main colony, with a capped QC in, and the new colony, with a capped QC, a frame of brood, frame of stores, and a frame of bees shook in for good measure.
On inspecting them carefully today - I have found the QC's in both colony's looking like the attached picture.
I cannot help but feel this is not a good sign.
Is it queen buying time?
What a nightmare!
My bees swarmed over the first bank holiday weekend - they created a lot of queen cells - and on advice, I removed all but a couple.
I then decided I would take the opportunity of having all these queen cells, and still a surprisingly strong colony to split it, and create my 2nd colony.
I had the main colony, with a capped QC in, and the new colony, with a capped QC, a frame of brood, frame of stores, and a frame of bees shook in for good measure.
On inspecting them carefully today - I have found the QC's in both colony's looking like the attached picture.
I cannot help but feel this is not a good sign.
Is it queen buying time?
What a nightmare!