I made nuc that had 3 queen cells on to start. Checked a couple days ago and could hear piping. There was one cell that was chewed up and could see white larvae mush that the bees were eating at. There was one closed queen cell and couldn't find the other so I closed it up. Two days later I open it and heard piping and the one queen cell still closed. Looked over the frames and could not find a virgin queen. I really checked for a long time checking the frames and I swear there is no virgin. Could the closed queen cell be piping and the colony choose her and destroyed the other two queen cells? I had read that the queen will pipe before hatching. Just not figuring this out myself.
Carol
Carol