At the wasteground apiary in the 2 colonies that had the fancy queens introduced, the one that survived introduction isn't right. One supersedure cell. Just one, so I left it. There are a lot of bees in the box so I wasn't surprised I didn't see her, but there were hardly any eggs.
I wonder if she is damaged. I wonder whether she might have nosema as it was damp weather a lot of the time she was in the mating nuc.
Annoyingly they have put nectar in the supers I had put above the crownboard to clean. With only a tiny entrance for them to crawl through to get to supers above the crownboard I thought they wouldn't do that. They don't usually at this time of year. Some of the other supers are fully capped and a lot partly capped. I've got my fingers crossed that they will hurry up and finish off the capping.
I wonder if she is damaged. I wonder whether she might have nosema as it was damp weather a lot of the time she was in the mating nuc.
Annoyingly they have put nectar in the supers I had put above the crownboard to clean. With only a tiny entrance for them to crawl through to get to supers above the crownboard I thought they wouldn't do that. They don't usually at this time of year. Some of the other supers are fully capped and a lot partly capped. I've got my fingers crossed that they will hurry up and finish off the capping.
