DenB
New Bee
- Joined
- Jun 17, 2010
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- 3
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- Location
- Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 3
I had the distinct priviledge of watching a queen emerge last night and begin scuttling around. Shortly after she disappeared in amongst the frames there was a sound not unlike the pitch and frequency of a hunting horn (but not as loud!) coming from inside the brood box. This was repeated a few times and as far as I can determine must have been made by the new queen beating her wings very quickly. The workers immediately started trying to disassemble the remaining queen cells we were looking at and dragging the corpses away.
Has anyone else experienced this? I should add this was before I had the celebratery cider!
Has anyone else experienced this? I should add this was before I had the celebratery cider!