I've never seen anything quite like this before . . .
Inspecting one hive I can see nearly every cell has two or sometimes three eggs in it. I found the queen, all fat and happy, on the frame. And, there's not an inordinate amount of drone cells present. Also, the eggs are right in the middle of the cell (except for one which was on the side). So, I don't think I have a laying worker problem. However, this just seems kind of weird. Maybe she woke up from winter on the wrong side of the hive, or something.
Ideas?
Inspecting one hive I can see nearly every cell has two or sometimes three eggs in it. I found the queen, all fat and happy, on the frame. And, there's not an inordinate amount of drone cells present. Also, the eggs are right in the middle of the cell (except for one which was on the side). So, I don't think I have a laying worker problem. However, this just seems kind of weird. Maybe she woke up from winter on the wrong side of the hive, or something.
Ideas?