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I have a nuc which was installed on May 11. I took a look inside a week later and did not see a queen or eggs but was not overly concerned as I had seen her when I picked up the nuc. The odd thing was by the end of the inspection the bees were gathering at the top of the frame fanning madly. I thought it was the weather as it was warm but cloudy and a bit gusty.
I went back 3 days later, saw the queen pretty quickly and left them alone.
Another week passes and they have only built a small amount of comb, no eggs or larvae, unless i missed them. I again saw the queen, but this time there were what I believe are super cedure cells in the middle of one frame.
Can they raise a new queen if the queen was not laying? Don't they need eggs?
Also, once again they gathered on top of the frames and were fanning, crawling onto the inner cover to fan.
It was sunny and calm this time.
Do I need to requeen, and how long do I have?
I went back 3 days later, saw the queen pretty quickly and left them alone.
Another week passes and they have only built a small amount of comb, no eggs or larvae, unless i missed them. I again saw the queen, but this time there were what I believe are super cedure cells in the middle of one frame.
Can they raise a new queen if the queen was not laying? Don't they need eggs?
Also, once again they gathered on top of the frames and were fanning, crawling onto the inner cover to fan.
It was sunny and calm this time.
Do I need to requeen, and how long do I have?