I purchased a local queen to replace the package queen that I got this year. I made a nuc with the old queen and a few frames of brood and bees (just in case). I put the queen cage in and opened the box just enough to remove the cage and push the combs back together 4 days later. She had been released, and everything looked good. It has now been a little over a week, and I went to look for eggs, as all of the old queens eggs would have hatched. She must have just started laying because there was only a few small patches of eggs that I could find.
in the middle of one of the combs, I also found one lonely capped queen cell. Has anybody seen this before? What does this mean for my new queen? I did get rid of it, because I still have the old queen as a backup, but I was wondering if anyone has seen this before, and what the outcome was?
thank you
in the middle of one of the combs, I also found one lonely capped queen cell. Has anybody seen this before? What does this mean for my new queen? I did get rid of it, because I still have the old queen as a backup, but I was wondering if anyone has seen this before, and what the outcome was?
thank you