Tomo
House Bee
- Joined
- Aug 8, 2012
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- Location
- Colchester
- Hive Type
- Commercial
- Number of Hives
- 4
Hi. This is an observation and quest for a possible explanation rather than a what to do question:
Three weeks ago I united (paper method) my spare marked Q (2013) with a medium sized colony that had become queenless after the virgin Q failed to return after a mating flight (after AS). One week after uniting she was laying well, plenty of food and room, I saw her and all was well. The second week no sign of her, but young grubs (4-5 days) present no eggs, thought she may be on the inside of the BB. This week, no eggs, grubs etc just sealed worker brood and 6 sealed queen replacement cells. I'm sure she is not present, my guess is that they killed her for some reason or that I killed her by mistake which is unlikely as she was in the middle of a frame when I put her back last. There were no swarm cells previous to her going. I know the bees will sort themselves out just a shame as she was a good one and not much chance of a honey crop from this hive. Is this just one of those things? Thanks.
Three weeks ago I united (paper method) my spare marked Q (2013) with a medium sized colony that had become queenless after the virgin Q failed to return after a mating flight (after AS). One week after uniting she was laying well, plenty of food and room, I saw her and all was well. The second week no sign of her, but young grubs (4-5 days) present no eggs, thought she may be on the inside of the BB. This week, no eggs, grubs etc just sealed worker brood and 6 sealed queen replacement cells. I'm sure she is not present, my guess is that they killed her for some reason or that I killed her by mistake which is unlikely as she was in the middle of a frame when I put her back last. There were no swarm cells previous to her going. I know the bees will sort themselves out just a shame as she was a good one and not much chance of a honey crop from this hive. Is this just one of those things? Thanks.