that sounds like a really successfull apiary inspection Mick
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ha ! It was a lot better than I was expecting. It would have been nice to see the new queen in the colony but its too cold to have a real good look. Took less than 5 mins per colony..LOL
I took some photos and passed them to a local bee keeper for his evaluation, and sure enough it would appear that my Queen is "firing blanks". The advice is that I should combine my two hives, getting rid of the Queen and all the drone cells, and then when the colony gets ready to swarm split the hive.Cable_Fairy wrote: ↑06 Apr 2019, 22:47I did an inspection this afternoon and am a little worried about what I found on one frame. Last week on the frame it was full of lava, however these are now capped and they all look to be Drone Cells. Looking into the cells there appears to be eggs on the wall sides, and not on the bottom. On other frames there is normal sealed brood and lava but I could not see any eggs. I found the queen on the frame with the drone cells, I am going to open up again tomorrow and take some photo's.