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So the queen cells hatched and one got successfully mated. Thats great news
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Thanks Chris, the bees almost always pull it off don't they, no matter how cack handed we may be as beekeepers.
Cheers, Mick.

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10 Apr 2019, 16:34

Well my colony that was queenless now has 2 frames of eggs and loads of polished cells, bees were also bringing in loads of pollen.

Cheers, Mick.

how is your early mated queen going Mick?

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how is your early mated queen going Mick?
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Although there was emerged QC,s I never saw a new queen. Last week it was obvious they had laying workers and drone brood in the super. Colony now thrown into the bottom of the field. I placed a new hive on the site and put a frame of eggs from another colony with frames of stores as an experiment. I really didn't want to risk laying workers gaining entry into my other colonies in that apiary.
So more experience gained. No idea what happened to a possible virgin queen. maybe she never got mated and got bumped off, got chilled on a mating flight, got eaten, got lost, who knows ?
It will be interesting to see if they manage to raise a queen now. probably a waste of time but I am doing it to learn. lets see.

Cheers, Mick.

fair enough, thanks for the update Mick,

For the sake of a couple of frames , definately worth a punt.