long story short, i took all the swarm cells i found in hive 1 and put them in two different nuc boxes. i had suspected that another swarm cell had hatched, and i either had a virgin queen or a young queen in there. but the other alternative is that i left them queenless.
i want to give the nucs a chance to hatch their cells and mate a queen. holiday weekend so i may not be able to check for another 11 days. is two weeks too long to leave a hive queenless before they turn a corner to go to laying workers?
they are still gaining nectar weight. best case scenario is that i open them all up and have three new queens!
i want to give the nucs a chance to hatch their cells and mate a queen. holiday weekend so i may not be able to check for another 11 days. is two weeks too long to leave a hive queenless before they turn a corner to go to laying workers?
they are still gaining nectar weight. best case scenario is that i open them all up and have three new queens!