Bungle
New Bee
- Joined
- Oct 7, 2018
- Messages
- 25
- Reaction score
- 10
- Location
- Chester, Cheshire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 12
Hi,
I missed an inspection a few weeks back and unfortunately found my hive had swarmed. There were still lots of bees and about 14 capped queen cells, so I decided to do a split with what was left.
All seemed to go ok and the two new queens emerged. The weather has not been great so i allowed a little extra time before checking to see if the new queens were laying.
Unfortunately it started raining heavy during the first inspection so i abandoned it for today.
However the queen in the 'new' hive has indeed started laying (probably 1.5 frames of larvae); but i could not see any capped brood yet. However i was totally surprised to find there are 4 queen cells with larvae in them, and two capped QC's!
I have no idea how to deal with this scenario (i'm in my second year).
Why are they building a new queen within days of the current one starting to lay?
I missed an inspection a few weeks back and unfortunately found my hive had swarmed. There were still lots of bees and about 14 capped queen cells, so I decided to do a split with what was left.
All seemed to go ok and the two new queens emerged. The weather has not been great so i allowed a little extra time before checking to see if the new queens were laying.
Unfortunately it started raining heavy during the first inspection so i abandoned it for today.
However the queen in the 'new' hive has indeed started laying (probably 1.5 frames of larvae); but i could not see any capped brood yet. However i was totally surprised to find there are 4 queen cells with larvae in them, and two capped QC's!
I have no idea how to deal with this scenario (i'm in my second year).
Why are they building a new queen within days of the current one starting to lay?