Finman
Queen Bee
- Joined
- Nov 8, 2008
- Messages
- 27,887
- Reaction score
- 2,026
- Location
- Finland, Helsinki
- Hive Type
- Langstroth
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When I kept mating nucs, which has built so that normal box was devided to 4 cells, virgins often moved from cell to cell and killed each other. Only one was often alive after 2 days. They peeped inside the box and called each others to fight.
Another case is that workers do not notice the virgin, they feel uncomfortable and they search better home. The virgin comes with then. A piece of brood keep them calm in their nuc.
Third possibility is that queen drifted to the another nuc or it has landed to rest on the wall of the another nuc.
When I kept mating nucs, which has built so that normal box was devided to 4 cells, virgins often moved from cell to cell and killed each other. Only one was often alive after 2 days. They peeped inside the box and called each others to fight.
Another case is that workers do not notice the virgin, they feel uncomfortable and they search better home. The virgin comes with then. A piece of brood keep them calm in their nuc.
Third possibility is that queen drifted to the another nuc or it has landed to rest on the wall of the another nuc.