>I have 3 hives currently queenless
No. You don't. Your virgin queens haven't even had time to go out and mate and get lost yet...
> and five that are queen right. Looks as if at least two of the queenless hives have had open queen cells in the last 10 days, but no eggs yet.
Exactly. The queens emerged sometime in the last 10 days. They will be laying sometime in the next 4 days to 3 weeks depending on when exactly they emerged and how nice the weather is.
http://bushfarms.com/beesmath.htm
If it helps you sleep at night, give them a frame of eggs from one of your "queenright" colonies.
http://bushfarms.com/beespanacea.htm
No. You don't. Your virgin queens haven't even had time to go out and mate and get lost yet...
> and five that are queen right. Looks as if at least two of the queenless hives have had open queen cells in the last 10 days, but no eggs yet.
Exactly. The queens emerged sometime in the last 10 days. They will be laying sometime in the next 4 days to 3 weeks depending on when exactly they emerged and how nice the weather is.
http://bushfarms.com/beesmath.htm
If it helps you sleep at night, give them a frame of eggs from one of your "queenright" colonies.
http://bushfarms.com/beespanacea.htm
