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Of the 9 new queens I installed April 12, one has an odd laying pattern and isn't building well. It's been almost 4 weeks, and it took her a while to get going (I blamed it on being the weakest nuc).
She has a good pattern but about 1 out of 20 cells is a drone. It's layed in worker comb and built out to accomodate the bigger drone.
Where "X" would indicate the occasional drone, "O" would be workers and the capped brood pattern is like:
OOOOOOOXOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOXOOOOO
I figure she's firing an occasional blank, I've got more queens coming in another 3 weeks and intend to monitor but was wondering if anyone has seen it and if it cleared up.
She has a good pattern but about 1 out of 20 cells is a drone. It's layed in worker comb and built out to accomodate the bigger drone.
Where "X" would indicate the occasional drone, "O" would be workers and the capped brood pattern is like:
OOOOOOOXOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOXOOOOO
I figure she's firing an occasional blank, I've got more queens coming in another 3 weeks and intend to monitor but was wondering if anyone has seen it and if it cleared up.