London-Scottish
New Bee
- Joined
- Apr 22, 2012
- Messages
- 38
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- Location
- South East London
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2
Hi All,
Just looking for advice on a walkaway split i carried out 4weeks ago.
Queen emerged last weekend 17th May as hoped Although i did not see her.
I carried out a further inspection 1x wk later 24th hoping to see eggs and all cooking nicely.
So, i did not see any eggs but i did see the Queen. So i'm assuming she's not ready or perhaps not yet mated?? (I should add, we've had pretty good weather in London temps a little on the low side but plenty of sunshine.)
So my question being two fold:
> Firstly how much longer should i safely expect to wait before i'm lucky enough to see eggs?
> But more importantly, there's now no brood at all in the nuc. Should i top up from donor hive to ensure enough nurse bees, general housekeepers around for when she starts laying??
Many thanks in advance
Just looking for advice on a walkaway split i carried out 4weeks ago.
Queen emerged last weekend 17th May as hoped Although i did not see her.
I carried out a further inspection 1x wk later 24th hoping to see eggs and all cooking nicely.
So, i did not see any eggs but i did see the Queen. So i'm assuming she's not ready or perhaps not yet mated?? (I should add, we've had pretty good weather in London temps a little on the low side but plenty of sunshine.)
So my question being two fold:
> Firstly how much longer should i safely expect to wait before i'm lucky enough to see eggs?
> But more importantly, there's now no brood at all in the nuc. Should i top up from donor hive to ensure enough nurse bees, general housekeepers around for when she starts laying??
Many thanks in advance