digitalangel78
New Bee
- Joined
- Oct 7, 2009
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- Location
- Oxfordshire, uk
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 11
Hi everyone, this is my first time posting. My husband and I are in our second year of beekeeping.
We have discovered that in one of our hives, the queen has stopped laying. The bees overall look very healthy, there are plenty of them and they have ample stores. The queen is from late 2009 and we were planning to replace her in the spring. But, now it appears we may be too late as over the last few weeks we have seen no new brood, even though she has room to lay. Even the warm weather has not encouraged her to lay.
So, I'm not sure what we can do, as there aren't any drones about for mating a new queen. Will they survive the winter until we can get a new queen mated? Or should we try to unite with another hive?
Thanks.
We have discovered that in one of our hives, the queen has stopped laying. The bees overall look very healthy, there are plenty of them and they have ample stores. The queen is from late 2009 and we were planning to replace her in the spring. But, now it appears we may be too late as over the last few weeks we have seen no new brood, even though she has room to lay. Even the warm weather has not encouraged her to lay.
So, I'm not sure what we can do, as there aren't any drones about for mating a new queen. Will they survive the winter until we can get a new queen mated? Or should we try to unite with another hive?
Thanks.