beefaye
New Bee
- Joined
- Sep 1, 2012
- Messages
- 20
- Reaction score
- 0
- Location
- central scotland
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 3
hiya
I transferred a swarm cast to a hive last Monday. A couple of days later I checked for a queen and spotted a virgin queen scurrying about.
I closed the hive and have been feeding them ever since as I had no drawn comb available for them.
The colony have been working away as they should ever since.
I am opening up the hive tomorrow to see if the queen has now mated and laying.
I am hoping for the best and plenty of drones floating about ready and willing.
The cast was very small, possibly covering 2 frames at the most.
What should I look at within the hive to predict if the colony will be strong enough to keep going till the first of the brood hatch.
I know I am being optimistic and should wait till I open the hive, but I am curious to know the answer regardless of the situation with my hive.
I am all for letting nature take its course but I also want to know how I can predict the result ahead of time.
I transferred a swarm cast to a hive last Monday. A couple of days later I checked for a queen and spotted a virgin queen scurrying about.
I closed the hive and have been feeding them ever since as I had no drawn comb available for them.
The colony have been working away as they should ever since.
I am opening up the hive tomorrow to see if the queen has now mated and laying.
I am hoping for the best and plenty of drones floating about ready and willing.
The cast was very small, possibly covering 2 frames at the most.
What should I look at within the hive to predict if the colony will be strong enough to keep going till the first of the brood hatch.
I know I am being optimistic and should wait till I open the hive, but I am curious to know the answer regardless of the situation with my hive.
I am all for letting nature take its course but I also want to know how I can predict the result ahead of time.