queen larva on landing board

[wjw777]

Hi,
i have a hive that is giving me fits. went in it three weeks ago and found no queen no eggs no nothing two weeks ago friend gave me a frame of eggs and larva when i opened hive found eggs scattered in cells all laid on bottom and only one per cell. still put frame of brood in. Today looked on landing board looks like queen larva kicked out. to cold to go in to find out. What do you think is going on . They act normal as normal could be bringing in pollen honey etc. the eggs i found on frames where really scattered . and this larva could have been from the frame i put in. would a worker layer destroy a queen cell? I need answers thanks to all.
Walt

[tecumseh]

I could think of two explanation for finding a queen larvae on the bottom board (in the order of their likelyhood):

1) you have a young queen on board and she has found and destroyed possible competitors. a few scatter eggs (hopefully not too scatted) point to this possibility.

2) the larvae queen is in some form or fashion defective and the bees are displaying hygenic behavior.

I suspect that the next time you look, you should know quite exactly. many time when in doubt about the nature of the queen, I simply feed for a short period of time and if a properly mated queen is on board the next time I glimpse into the hive the queen presence (or lack thereof) is more than apparent.

[Michael Bush]

I'd give them a frame of brood and come back in a week or so and look for a queen, a queen cell or more eggs.