I installed my first package of bees on the 22nd. I checked a few days later, and the queen was out, and I saw her, but no eggs or brood. I checked again yesterday, 2 weeks after installation, and there are no eggs, no brood, and no queen.
However, it looks like there are supercedure cells, one of which looks like it has a larva in it.
Here is a link to the cell with the larva (large pic): http://i.imgur.com/ygnaa.jpg
Here is a gallery with more images of the cells: http://imgur.com/a/CX93W/supercedure/all
I guess what puzzles me is, where did that larva come from? Could the queen really have only laid an egg or two before kicking the bucket (or getting accidentally killed by me)? It didn't look like there was any larva in the other cells, and, as you can see in the images, there is nothing but syrup elsewhere in the frame.
Should I go ahead and order a new queen, or wait and see what they do?
However, it looks like there are supercedure cells, one of which looks like it has a larva in it.
Here is a link to the cell with the larva (large pic): http://i.imgur.com/ygnaa.jpg
Here is a gallery with more images of the cells: http://imgur.com/a/CX93W/supercedure/all
I guess what puzzles me is, where did that larva come from? Could the queen really have only laid an egg or two before kicking the bucket (or getting accidentally killed by me)? It didn't look like there was any larva in the other cells, and, as you can see in the images, there is nothing but syrup elsewhere in the frame.
Should I go ahead and order a new queen, or wait and see what they do?