Hi all,
I installed two packages of bees 13 days ago. One hive looks great - building out comb, has eggs, larvae, and capped brood. The other I spotted something that I wasn't sure of how to proceed.
Image reference here: https://imgur.com/RKxrDEk
I didn't spot the queen and there aren't any larvae or capped brood. However, there are a few cells where there are two eggs instead of one, but never more than two. There's also that empty cup below. At first I assumed that the colony had superseded the queen I installed, but they haven't been in the hive long enough to have hatched a new queen and the cups are empty. There were 3 of those cups in the hive.
Any ideas on what's happening here? They've been foraging and eating the simple syrup I've been providing.
I installed two packages of bees 13 days ago. One hive looks great - building out comb, has eggs, larvae, and capped brood. The other I spotted something that I wasn't sure of how to proceed.
Image reference here: https://imgur.com/RKxrDEk
I didn't spot the queen and there aren't any larvae or capped brood. However, there are a few cells where there are two eggs instead of one, but never more than two. There's also that empty cup below. At first I assumed that the colony had superseded the queen I installed, but they haven't been in the hive long enough to have hatched a new queen and the cups are empty. There were 3 of those cups in the hive.
Any ideas on what's happening here? They've been foraging and eating the simple syrup I've been providing.