- Joined
- Aug 6, 2019
- Messages
- 632
- Reaction score
- 573
- Location
- West London
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 6
I would guess this is a virgin queen but have never seen one before.
Was just about to put a test frame in and my wife spotted her. She‘s not as fat as our other queens and has more of a pointy bum. She was running around a lot as well. Inspected the hive just now that was the result of a merger on 13 July. Saw medium sized larvae today but no eggs, small larvae or the queen. Just under a week ago when we inspected there was one ‘hatched’ QC. Looks to me like the queenless part of the merger did the old queen in and decided to make another.
Was just about to put a test frame in and my wife spotted her. She‘s not as fat as our other queens and has more of a pointy bum. She was running around a lot as well. Inspected the hive just now that was the result of a merger on 13 July. Saw medium sized larvae today but no eggs, small larvae or the queen. Just under a week ago when we inspected there was one ‘hatched’ QC. Looks to me like the queenless part of the merger did the old queen in and decided to make another.