First I looked on the underside of the lower super where there had been brood last week- queen cells.
Isn't nature amazing?
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Queen cells
It has been nine days since making the split and I took a look into #1 to make sure that the bees were making queen cells. Bees will quickly be aware of the queens absence and start making a new one. They will build queen cells around some eggs and feed the larvae extra royal jelly. Some beekeepers say to wait 4 weeks to check for eggs. I just wanted to see the expected queen cells and share them with you.
First I looked on the underside of the lower super where there had been brood last week- queen cells.
I then looked on the underside of the top brood box- queen cells.
I took out the drone frame planning to cull the drones for varroa control, more queen cells.
I looked no further.
Isn't nature amazing?
First I looked on the underside of the lower super where there had been brood last week- queen cells.
Isn't nature amazing?
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