2nd hive inspection

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Earldw

Discussion Starter · 2 mo ago

Beekeeper Beehive Apiary Honeycomb Pollinator

I was performing my 2nd hive inspection yesterday and found no eggs, lots of honey (or condensed sugar-water), lots of extra-thick comb sticking out from the frames and this. Is this a queen cell?

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Earldw

Discussion Starter · #3 · 2 mo ago

Beehive Apiary Honeycomb Pollinator Insect

I have yet to find the queen,

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Earldw

Discussion Starter · #5 · 2 mo ago

Thanks Wil. Between finding no queen, no eggs, comb being built very thick on the surface of the center (under the feeder) frames and this potential queen cell I suspect the queen was rejected.

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Earldw

Discussion Starter · #7 · 2 mo ago

Wil said:
That is what I am thinking also.
Sometimes it is just easier to buy a NUC instead of dealing with a package of bees. In a NUC, the Queen is already established.

If I spent a lot of time playing shoulda-woulda-coulda, my life would be pretty rotten😉. Let’s see if the girls can overcome and adapt.

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Earldw

Discussion Starter · #8 · 2 mo ago

Earldw said:
If I spent a lot of time playing shoulda-woulda-coulda, my life would be pretty rotten😉. Let’s see if the girls can overcome and adapt.

The girls seemed to have overcome and adapted: see new larvae in the brood box.

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