RogerJ
New Bee
- Joined
- Mar 3, 2015
- Messages
- 68
- Reaction score
- 5
- Location
- Herefordshire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5
I've got a hive (which had previously swarmed) that can't seem to make up it's mind what it wants to do! As a timeline (from inspections):
11 June No eggs or brood
17 June Eggs and brood (this was 36 days after a "failed" AS so presumably a Q had come into lay)
22 June Brood (couldn't categorically say if there were eggs)
30 June As above
10 July No brood or eggs (Hive has plenty of room and has stores); added a test frame (so did new queen fail or decide to go walk about sometime between 17 and 22 June?)
12 July No change - no evidence of attempting to make QC on test frame
15 July As above
20 July Appears to be BIAS on two frames - so it seems as though there is a queen present. But on a frame next to these two there are four charged unsealed QCs.
So what to do? Leave alone or remove?
Thanks.
11 June No eggs or brood
17 June Eggs and brood (this was 36 days after a "failed" AS so presumably a Q had come into lay)
22 June Brood (couldn't categorically say if there were eggs)
30 June As above
10 July No brood or eggs (Hive has plenty of room and has stores); added a test frame (so did new queen fail or decide to go walk about sometime between 17 and 22 June?)
12 July No change - no evidence of attempting to make QC on test frame
15 July As above
20 July Appears to be BIAS on two frames - so it seems as though there is a queen present. But on a frame next to these two there are four charged unsealed QCs.
So what to do? Leave alone or remove?
Thanks.