Good morning all,
I started three packages three and a half weeks ago. Two are doing great and already have capped brood. The third not so much. They've built out about 5 frames of comb and have capped stores, but the queen is not laying. I gave them a frame of eggs last Thursday to see if they would draw queen cells and they have. Found about three of them yesterday when I opened the hive. As Murphy's Law would have it, I also found eggs on the frames that belong to that hive. I didn't find many, maybe 10 per frame on 2 frames.
So I'm wondering if maybe I didn't give her enough time to lay, or if she really is failing. What do you guys think?
I should also point out that this package had a queen that was sold as a Minnesota Hygenic, and my other two packages had straight Italian queens. Not sure if that makes a different.
I started three packages three and a half weeks ago. Two are doing great and already have capped brood. The third not so much. They've built out about 5 frames of comb and have capped stores, but the queen is not laying. I gave them a frame of eggs last Thursday to see if they would draw queen cells and they have. Found about three of them yesterday when I opened the hive. As Murphy's Law would have it, I also found eggs on the frames that belong to that hive. I didn't find many, maybe 10 per frame on 2 frames.
So I'm wondering if maybe I didn't give her enough time to lay, or if she really is failing. What do you guys think?
I should also point out that this package had a queen that was sold as a Minnesota Hygenic, and my other two packages had straight Italian queens. Not sure if that makes a different.