bbgould
New Bee
- Joined
- Nov 20, 2011
- Messages
- 10
- Reaction score
- 0
- Location
- grantham
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 7
Hi,
This is my first season with my own hive and wanted some reassurance regarding what I think might be a superceedure.
My queen is 2011 in standard national brood and the colony has been doing really well depsite the bad weather. I have 4 supers on 3 full and one in the process of being drawn out.
There is a large hole in the second frame in the brood box which I dont understand why they have done this, and have not bridged it.
I have found 1 queen cell which I have left. Its position is on the outside frame a couple of inches from the bottom. There is only 1 cell which has been sealed. All other frames are clear of queen cells. There is plenty of brood, but no eggs.
Is this a superceedure or a swarm cell? I have left well alone and would appreciate some reassurance that this is the right thing to do.
Thanks in advance
Mark
This is my first season with my own hive and wanted some reassurance regarding what I think might be a superceedure.
My queen is 2011 in standard national brood and the colony has been doing really well depsite the bad weather. I have 4 supers on 3 full and one in the process of being drawn out.
There is a large hole in the second frame in the brood box which I dont understand why they have done this, and have not bridged it.
I have found 1 queen cell which I have left. Its position is on the outside frame a couple of inches from the bottom. There is only 1 cell which has been sealed. All other frames are clear of queen cells. There is plenty of brood, but no eggs.
Is this a superceedure or a swarm cell? I have left well alone and would appreciate some reassurance that this is the right thing to do.
Thanks in advance
Mark