I got a bit ripped off with my new nuc last week. I opened it up to find only three covered frames, 2 were empty frames added in to make up the five. I didn't see a queen and I didn't notice any larva or eggs, but I chalked that up to being new. I put them in a ten frame deep and hoped for the best.
I kept an eye on the hive all week. Bees seem happy and busy, bringing in lots of pollen and nectar. So I opened it up today. They were drawing comb on some of the new frames and there was nectar all over the place. I didn't see much capped brood, and I didn't see any eggs or larvae. Again, I am new, so I may have missed it. But I looked hard. What i did see worried me. it appeared to me that here were three queen cells in various parts of the hive. They looked like peanut shells in the middle of the frame. Those are queen cells, right?
Now I don't know what to do. Should I order a queen and get her in there, or let nature takes its course?
I kept an eye on the hive all week. Bees seem happy and busy, bringing in lots of pollen and nectar. So I opened it up today. They were drawing comb on some of the new frames and there was nectar all over the place. I didn't see much capped brood, and I didn't see any eggs or larvae. Again, I am new, so I may have missed it. But I looked hard. What i did see worried me. it appeared to me that here were three queen cells in various parts of the hive. They looked like peanut shells in the middle of the frame. Those are queen cells, right?
Now I don't know what to do. Should I order a queen and get her in there, or let nature takes its course?