What's happening here?

[beeno]

Hi Beeno,
Yes, still there. Do you have any theories on this one please?

1. Since you do not mark your queens you cannot be sure it is the original one.
2. Lack of nurse bees?
3. Very spotty brood pattern - I would open some sealed brood.

 

[Antipodes]

1. Since you do not mark your queens you cannot be sure it is the original one.
2. Lack of nurse bees?
3. Very spotty brood pattern - I would open some sealed brood.

Thanks Beeno. I'm 100 per cent sure it is the original queen.
I agree with option 2.
My theory is that she is very fecund, a very well bred Italian queen coming from a leading queen producer. An incredible egg layer. An 80000 bees in the colony queen if given enough support, and yes, not enough bees in the nuc to keep up and she just has to lay them somewhere. I have never seen multiple larvae in a cell like this as well as an extra egg for good measure!

 

[beeno]

Thanks Beeno. I'm 100 per cent sure it is the original queen.
I agree with option 2.
My theory is that she is very fecund, a very well bred Italian queen coming from a leading queen producer. An incredible egg layer. An 80000 bees in the colony queen if given enough support, and yes, not enough bees in the nuc to keep up and she just has to lay them somewhere. I have never seen multiple larvae in a cell like this as well as an extra egg for good measure!

I don't know what the other frames are like, but there seems to be very little capped brood and larvae. If it is due to lack of nurse bees then it is all for nothing.

 

[Antipodes]

I don't know what the other frames are like, but there seems to be very little capped brood and larvae. If it is due to lack of nurse bees then it is all for nothing.

I agree. A waste of good eggs.