Baggyone
House Bee
- Joined
- Apr 15, 2009
- Messages
- 490
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- Location
- South Lincs, uk
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 12
Opened my hive today. Not a single egg and only a few drone brood hatching. The brood frames look as if they have been polished as they are shiny at the bottom but not a single egg, larvae or brood. If she has gone then it was before my last look 3 weeks ago to the day as drone are 24 days to hatch. Loads of bees though which might give me some time. Am going to get a test frame at the weekend to test for queenlessness.
Swapped the two boxes over to see if she is hiding in there and just wants to get to the frames.
If the test is no queen do I leave them to produce one or search for a queen?
May I just say this "bugger"
Thanks
Chris
Swapped the two boxes over to see if she is hiding in there and just wants to get to the frames.
If the test is no queen do I leave them to produce one or search for a queen?
May I just say this "bugger"
Thanks
Chris