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Long story short, there's a colony that was producing queen cells from a frame of eggs that I added. This colony previously swarmed and was broodless for at least 30 days. When I added the frame of eggs, no other eggs were present.
It's been 5 days since I added the frame of mixed brood, and now I see numerous eggs everywhere in the hive. 50% of the cells have 1 or 2 eggs, and then maybe 25% of the cells have 3 eggs, and then maybe 25% of the cells have 4 eggs.
I added a queen 3 days ago, and she is released at this point.
I observed the bees butting into her, but not balling her. They didn't seem happy about her presence, but didn't seem aggressive either.
After doing a hive inspection, I found a couple of workers sticking their abdomens into cells. I watched 2 of them do this. I did NOT find a 2nd queen.
What should I do here? Currently, the mated queen I gave them is roaming around the hive.
I also noticed that there were multiple eggs in the numerous queen cells they were forming.
Thanks.
It's been 5 days since I added the frame of mixed brood, and now I see numerous eggs everywhere in the hive. 50% of the cells have 1 or 2 eggs, and then maybe 25% of the cells have 3 eggs, and then maybe 25% of the cells have 4 eggs.
I added a queen 3 days ago, and she is released at this point.
I observed the bees butting into her, but not balling her. They didn't seem happy about her presence, but didn't seem aggressive either.
After doing a hive inspection, I found a couple of workers sticking their abdomens into cells. I watched 2 of them do this. I did NOT find a 2nd queen.
What should I do here? Currently, the mated queen I gave them is roaming around the hive.
I also noticed that there were multiple eggs in the numerous queen cells they were forming.
Thanks.