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On May 28, my son and I hived a swarm, a 2-3 days later we added a couple frames of honey , one frame had a queen cell. We did not know if we had captured the queen.
They went right to work building comb the first week. Last week I saw plenty of larvae and thought we had turned the corner to a functioning hive. This week they have capped the brood and it is all drone. I do not have a lot of resources but since they are just starting down this dysfunctional path is it possible to requeen if I can order one soon? My assumption is a laying worker or drone laying queen.
The original hive that the swarm came from has no brood and has not for 2-3 weeks. It had other queen cells but I believe they were not viable as there is no sign of larvae, covered brood etc. I was hoping to give them a frame of eggs to start their own queen, but I have trouble seeing eggs! If I see larvae and covered brood can I assume there are eggs?
How do I get the bees off the frame? It is foundationless and not terribly secure.
They went right to work building comb the first week. Last week I saw plenty of larvae and thought we had turned the corner to a functioning hive. This week they have capped the brood and it is all drone. I do not have a lot of resources but since they are just starting down this dysfunctional path is it possible to requeen if I can order one soon? My assumption is a laying worker or drone laying queen.
The original hive that the swarm came from has no brood and has not for 2-3 weeks. It had other queen cells but I believe they were not viable as there is no sign of larvae, covered brood etc. I was hoping to give them a frame of eggs to start their own queen, but I have trouble seeing eggs! If I see larvae and covered brood can I assume there are eggs?
How do I get the bees off the frame? It is foundationless and not terribly secure.