Hi everyone!
I carried out my inspection today and was quite pleased to see brood on another frame (now 8 out of 11).
I found a capped queen cell on a previous inspection as some members may remember and I took it down to find it was completely empty. Today, I found two queen cells, one capped, one almost finished - both with larvae and plenty of royal jelly.
There was plenty of brood in various stages, the only thing I couldn't see was eggs - cloudy day and the sun wasn't in the best position to help me out. I didn't really like the queen previously as the brood pattern was a bit spotty, but this time it had improved. Just as I'm starting to like her it looks like the bees don't want her.
There's still a frame with only about a third of its comb drawn out. There's also the super with frames and foundation that I prematurely added and didn't dare take off after angering them last time. They have plenty of stores too, to my delight.
I saw the queen. I watched her walking about - all legs fine. Same queen, definitely. I took down the queen cells.
1. Have I done the right thing?
2. What do I do now?
I carried out my inspection today and was quite pleased to see brood on another frame (now 8 out of 11).
I found a capped queen cell on a previous inspection as some members may remember and I took it down to find it was completely empty. Today, I found two queen cells, one capped, one almost finished - both with larvae and plenty of royal jelly.
There was plenty of brood in various stages, the only thing I couldn't see was eggs - cloudy day and the sun wasn't in the best position to help me out. I didn't really like the queen previously as the brood pattern was a bit spotty, but this time it had improved. Just as I'm starting to like her it looks like the bees don't want her.
There's still a frame with only about a third of its comb drawn out. There's also the super with frames and foundation that I prematurely added and didn't dare take off after angering them last time. They have plenty of stores too, to my delight.
I saw the queen. I watched her walking about - all legs fine. Same queen, definitely. I took down the queen cells.
1. Have I done the right thing?
2. What do I do now?
Jazz