Joined
·
86 Posts
I was checking a couple of nucs yesterday and saw something odd; a supercedure (??) cell with jelly in a walk away nuc that had been made 28 days previously. The cell was on the surface of the frame about 1/3 the way down the frame. The nuc was queenright as evidenced by uncapped larvae in the nuc. No capped larvae. I didn't see the queen; I rarely spend the time to look. So long as I have larvae and or eggs, I assume HRH is there and doing her job.
Any idea of what's going on? :scratch:I guess the new queen could be damaged or deficient in some way and is being replaced. Otherwise I just found it really odd that a recently mated queen would be superceded. I'd be the first to admit that I could have damaged the queen in an inspection, but I hadn't been in the nuc since I put it together.
Any thoughts?
Any idea of what's going on? :scratch:I guess the new queen could be damaged or deficient in some way and is being replaced. Otherwise I just found it really odd that a recently mated queen would be superceded. I'd be the first to admit that I could have damaged the queen in an inspection, but I hadn't been in the nuc since I put it together.
Any thoughts?