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About three weeks ago I did an inspection with a mentor from my local beekeeping club. I had lots of capped supercedure cells (I think 6 or 7) even though the queen was laying great. She told me that this was pretty normal for a package and that I should go ahead and order a new queen (since she didn't think my package had enough resources to raise a good queen). Anyway, on May 23 I went in and scraped out the supercedure cells. At that time I wasn't able to find the queen to kill her, but there weren't eggs or uncapped larvae so I figured she must have either died or left the hive. On May 24th my new queen arrived and I placed the cage in the hive. I know I should have come back three days later to get the cage out, but I got home after dark every day this week so I just didn't get around to it. Anyway, I just inspected my hives and removed the queen cage today. I don't see any eggs or uncapped larvae in that hive at all. I also didn't see the queen, but I'm looking more for signs that she's in there than I am looking for her.
Is it too soon to expect the new queen to be laying? My plan is to wait a few more days and go back in to see if I see any eggs or larvae. If I do, then great. If not, then I guess I'll have to try requeening again. Does that sound like a reasonable plan of action?
Is it too soon to expect the new queen to be laying? My plan is to wait a few more days and go back in to see if I see any eggs or larvae. If I do, then great. If not, then I guess I'll have to try requeening again. Does that sound like a reasonable plan of action?