Heavy Honey & New queen

[rflegel]

Hello all,
I discovered weeks ago that I was Queenless, waited to be sure and ordered queen. I have installed the queen today. One concern is that I have noticed there is now much honey in the old brood areas of the frames in the lower brood box, upper box is still having cells pulled. I am guessing the honey is not a problem. Am I on course???

Thanks in advance for your replies!

[Michael Bush]

Once the queen is out they will clear a space for her to lay.

[rflegel]

Thanks for the reply. This is what I thought would be the case.

Thanks again!

[Michael Bush]

How do you know they are queenless?

[FordGuy]

Mr. Bush, is what he is describing the same as them being "honeybound" where he may need to remove some honey and add drawn comb for her to lay? I don't know, just asking...im obviously the new guy around here!

[Michael Bush]

I asked the question because a shart DROP in brood, but still a little bit of eggs and brood, is more likely just a seasonal cut back because of a dearth. NO brood is most likely an emergency queen that isn't mated and laying yet. Buying a queen when you THINK you're queenless OFTEN results in wasting your money, your time and a perfectly good queen. Putting a frame of brood in can resolve the issue of IF you are queenless. If the bees start to raise a queen then you ARE queenless and you can decide what you want to do next.

It is possible that they are honey bound, but you would still see SOME eggs and brood. Just not much.