Does a virgin or non-laying queen make them feel queen right?
I have a hive that had a two capped queen cells last week. This week one is open and the other is being torn down. I have seen no eggs or brood in awhile, the old queen "ran out" 3 weeks ago, to her credit she made it through the winter. She is taking an alcohol jacuzzi now.
I put a frame of eggs in fresh white wax in this hive last week. My though was if they need a queen they will make some emergence cells in the fresh new wax as a back up. This week they have raised the brood and capped it, but with no emergence cells.
I did not see a virgin queen but that does not mean anything. Do bees build queen cells when the have a Non-laying new queen or a virgin queen in the colony?
RKR
I have a hive that had a two capped queen cells last week. This week one is open and the other is being torn down. I have seen no eggs or brood in awhile, the old queen "ran out" 3 weeks ago, to her credit she made it through the winter. She is taking an alcohol jacuzzi now.
I put a frame of eggs in fresh white wax in this hive last week. My though was if they need a queen they will make some emergence cells in the fresh new wax as a back up. This week they have raised the brood and capped it, but with no emergence cells.
I did not see a virgin queen but that does not mean anything. Do bees build queen cells when the have a Non-laying new queen or a virgin queen in the colony?
RKR