Today I went into my hive to determine its strength as I figured I would try to combine it with one of my Uncles hives. A bit of history, my hive came out of the winter queenless , so I did everything wrong as newbees tend to do. Then I posted here for knowledge, which I got.. but still today I am stumped once again. Looking thru the hive I see lots of honey and some pollen. Spotty capped and uncapped Brood which all looks like drone brood to me as it is raised above the comb. But just as I thought I had seen enough to continue on with my plan I saw what looked like a queen. It was long and slender but with no bands on the abdomen kinda translucent looking. I tried to get a picture but that resulted in getting frustrated and stung multiple times. Other strange things were what looked like 2 swarm cells on the bottom of a frame and 1 supersede cell mid frame. Anyone tell me what is going on here?
Anyway I'm lost and frustrated.
I'm located in Central West Virginia and these Bees were originally from Italian stock.
TIA
jb
Anyway I'm lost and frustrated.
I'm located in Central West Virginia and these Bees were originally from Italian stock.
TIA
jb