I bought 2 nucs on April 8th. On April 29th I treated both with Formic Pro. I originally transferred the nucs into 10 frame deeps, then added another deep not too long later out of fear of swarming.
May 7th I saw that one hive had no eggs or brood. I wonder if the nuc I was sold actually had a viable queen in the first place. Not sure as I didn't thoroughly inspect the new nucs as the weather suuuuucked. I was afraid of waiting any longer as I saw no brood at all, so I took a trip to buy a new queen May 8th.
Introduced queen to colony on May 8th and left in cage for 9 days until today. Queen had been released (and/or killed).
Today, May 16: no eggs or brood. I swear I saw an egg in a queen cup. but saw no other eggs and definitely no brood anywhere, so maybe it wasn't an egg.
190 bucks on the nuc, 40 bucks on the new queen= a still queenless hive, it appears.
I put in 2 frames of eggs/brood from my other hive so I'll check in a month to see what's up. I'm hoping for the best as I can't see spending another 40 bucks for a queen that may or may not help.
May 7th I saw that one hive had no eggs or brood. I wonder if the nuc I was sold actually had a viable queen in the first place. Not sure as I didn't thoroughly inspect the new nucs as the weather suuuuucked. I was afraid of waiting any longer as I saw no brood at all, so I took a trip to buy a new queen May 8th.
Introduced queen to colony on May 8th and left in cage for 9 days until today. Queen had been released (and/or killed).
Today, May 16: no eggs or brood. I swear I saw an egg in a queen cup. but saw no other eggs and definitely no brood anywhere, so maybe it wasn't an egg.
190 bucks on the nuc, 40 bucks on the new queen= a still queenless hive, it appears.
I put in 2 frames of eggs/brood from my other hive so I'll check in a month to see what's up. I'm hoping for the best as I can't see spending another 40 bucks for a queen that may or may not help.