Beemaster's International Beekeeping Forum
BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: EasternShore on May 14, 2009, 07:56:44 am
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Becky was out Bee watching two nuc's I made up, which hatched queens. I took that queen out, put her in a mating hive in hopes of the other queen cell hatching. Well, another cell hatched yesterday. So at this point we had two boxes with a queen in each. As she was watching the traffic, worried about robbing she saw 1 queen exit the hive and launch for what appeared to be her mating flight.
Now the other queen in the nuc next to her comes in for a landing...2 Queens in one day..WOOOHOOO !
Now..I still have another undamaged queen cell left...Suggestions.
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I am confused. Which queens were out on mating flights?
If they hatched that day then they can't be mating or even leaving the hive.
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Not sure what exact day they hatched. Why would they not fly that day? How long would a newborn queen wait in a queenless hive?
I am sure they both hatched very recently. I just did the split and am reasonablely sure the queen from the parent hive did'nt fly onto the frame as I took it out. Both splits had unopened cells less than 4 days ago.
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Way to go, Becky!! That had to be an awsome experience. I would hold onto the extra queen in case either of your new queens are duds.
Joan
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too late...Her cell was chewed to bits...I knew this was going to happen but was humoring Becky...It's all good..both new nuc's are doing well...waiting for brood now...tap tap tap...