This has been the same in the UK this year. Most virgin queen's have failed due to weather. A very strange year indeed.
@honeybees1970
6 күн бұрын
It sucks because i pushed the envelope a lot from where i was last year, trying new things, some success some failure to be expected i guess
@conorrussell3570
9 күн бұрын
Hi. If that cell was empty, it probably produced a queen. It's very common for the bees to close up a cell after the queen has emerged, often with a worker inside it. I think you should leave them for a while and see how they get on.
@honeybees1970
9 күн бұрын
I did not know this. Interesting. I have given them a frame of eggs, larvae and some brood ( june 11th ) so if they need a queen i will expect to see a new queen cell, whereas if they know they dont need a new queen then i imagine they will just help the brood along.
@bigrig9702
8 күн бұрын
Not enough population in there to have two boxes on there! I would only add another box after 9 frames of bee coverage!
@honeybees1970
7 күн бұрын
Ive had population decline in several of my hives, i have been adjusting space as per requirements but just this can be reduced
@HoneyMarketingBoard
10 күн бұрын
Also you could try joining the queenless hives with the queenright hive, using the newspaper method. Re-split when the weather is better.
@honeybees1970
10 күн бұрын
I’ve definitely got to consider my options
@theunlikelybeek
10 күн бұрын
Hi There! I am having a very similar scenario in my apiary this year. I installed 2 packages on March 30th & 1 had an unmatted queen that filled the frames with drones and then failed to make a new queen from a doner frame of eggs. About 3 weeks I ago I discovered the queen in the other colony was gone, but population was too high to have swarmed, but I did find a queen cell that also was still there after 3 weeks, so I image it's just like yours, empty. This is my 4th year and without a doubt the oddest year, with the bees doing so much that defies my training and experience, I've been just scratching my head.
@honeybees1970
10 күн бұрын
I feel your pain, im in year 3 as a beekeeper, last year was a disaster, i had a flood that effected my hives and they didnt recover but this spring they started out awesome, intil may june i had a swarm i caught, decided on a few splits, one of them has a queen. Its hard to keep tabs at this point , im just hoping things start looking better soon, maybe a queen thats unmated or hiding out. Best of luck to you
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