My best laid plan went array again as last evening, all the bees I had shook into the QC flew back home. An inspection showed no queen either, Oh well.
The queen I installed in the queen-less hive is of such superior quality as today, 1 day after installation, the young brood were all dancing in front of the hive. It turns out to be exactly on time for the hive to have re-queened itself. I'm out $67 dollars but am happy that they re-queened as I think my stock is better as it has survived not only the winter, but every imaginable thing I could have done to kill it. You say, why did not an inspection show new brood when I checked? The answer is that I don't open my hives, but just turn them upside down to check how things are going. Without cutting out some cone I can't always know what state they are in. As an armchair beekeeper, I tend to let the bees do their own thing (most of the time). I also have viewing windows to see how things are doing and once in a while I see the queen sneak by. Later
The queen I installed in the queen-less hive is of such superior quality as today, 1 day after installation, the young brood were all dancing in front of the hive. It turns out to be exactly on time for the hive to have re-queened itself. I'm out $67 dollars but am happy that they re-queened as I think my stock is better as it has survived not only the winter, but every imaginable thing I could have done to kill it. You say, why did not an inspection show new brood when I checked? The answer is that I don't open my hives, but just turn them upside down to check how things are going. Without cutting out some cone I can't always know what state they are in. As an armchair beekeeper, I tend to let the bees do their own thing (most of the time). I also have viewing windows to see how things are doing and once in a while I see the queen sneak by. Later
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