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New Bee
- Joined
- Sep 21, 2010
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- Location
- Midlands UK
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2
I inspected my two swarmy hives on May 23rd, removed lots of queen cells and left two sealed in each. (I know - I did get a cast the following week, which I caught and hived successfully).
Inspected hives on monday (4th June) and there was one sealed cell still in each. I'm sure they were the ones I left. They were lovely ones and dark in colour. However, this means they have been sealed for at least 12 days. I'm puzzled. Does this happen sometimes? Have the queens died inside? If they have, why haven't the bees torn them down - and isn't it an incredible coincidence if the same thing has happened in both hives?
Your thoughts...
Inspected hives on monday (4th June) and there was one sealed cell still in each. I'm sure they were the ones I left. They were lovely ones and dark in colour. However, this means they have been sealed for at least 12 days. I'm puzzled. Does this happen sometimes? Have the queens died inside? If they have, why haven't the bees torn them down - and isn't it an incredible coincidence if the same thing has happened in both hives?
Your thoughts...