Queen piping.

[BigAshW]

Hi all

I had a successful queen mating in a couple of mini nucs.

One nuc built out comb in the frames perfectly and I moved those bees and the queen to a poly nuc of drawn comb and she's laying away like a trooper.

The other managed to get the other side of the feeder excluder and I only noticed her when emptying out the presumed failed nuc (they only had space to draw a couple of cells above the fondant in there so only a few bees left.

That queen was marked and taken off to requeen another colony.

So left with some bees from failed nuc and three frames of sealed and hatching brood I took a punt and combined them all into one mini nuc and picked up a virgin from Northumberland honey.

She arrived today and I've popped the cage in the nuc with the combined bees. (I combined them a couple of days ago to give them time to adjust. )

Standing at the end of the garden I can hear a queen piping away in the mating nuc.

Soy question is would a queen pipe even if she's on her own in the hive or is this an indication I've somehow missed another queen?

 

[Ian123]

She’s calling as a challenge, she’ll do it regardless I’d think.

 

[BigAshW]

She’s calling as a challenge, she’ll do it regardless I’d think.

Curiosity got the better of me. I just popped down and had a peek. Can't see any other queen in there.

 

[elainemary]

Curiosity got the better of me. I just popped down and had a peek. Can't see any other queen in there.

Had a couple of Apideas in the garage to ‘bond’, could hear the queens piping. Great sound & sign that all is well so far!