(This continues from a number of previous posts about the bees filling the brood nests with honey)
I don't know what they are up to. Unless they clear some out and let the queen lay they will die from lack of young bees. There is only a very small amount of capped brood - but quite a bit of dron brood (I don't think she is a drone layer though since the drone is not really mixed with the workers).
They still continue to pack it in anywhere they can. The brood nest is in complete disorder.
I have foundationless frames in a honey super (no queen excluder). They are ignoring it. There is still tons of clover and the sweet clover is now in swing. Vetch is everywhere. I may need to tape their mouths shut.
I placed 2 empty drawn frames on either side of the queen a few days back and today I see they have started packing it with honey. There are now about 3 or 4 capped queen cells and a few others uncapped.
I requeened them about 3 weeks ago. Saw eggs today but not the queen. I don't understand why this buckfast queen is so hard to spot (I almost never have trouble seeing the queen if she is there).
I don't know what to do anymore but just leave them alone and see if they will fix themselves.
Any suggestions.... Has anyone ever seen a hive that just doesn't seem to want to allow brood to be raised?
Mike
I don't know what they are up to. Unless they clear some out and let the queen lay they will die from lack of young bees. There is only a very small amount of capped brood - but quite a bit of dron brood (I don't think she is a drone layer though since the drone is not really mixed with the workers).
They still continue to pack it in anywhere they can. The brood nest is in complete disorder.
I have foundationless frames in a honey super (no queen excluder). They are ignoring it. There is still tons of clover and the sweet clover is now in swing. Vetch is everywhere. I may need to tape their mouths shut.
I placed 2 empty drawn frames on either side of the queen a few days back and today I see they have started packing it with honey. There are now about 3 or 4 capped queen cells and a few others uncapped.
I requeened them about 3 weeks ago. Saw eggs today but not the queen. I don't understand why this buckfast queen is so hard to spot (I almost never have trouble seeing the queen if she is there).
I don't know what to do anymore but just leave them alone and see if they will fix themselves.
Any suggestions.... Has anyone ever seen a hive that just doesn't seem to want to allow brood to be raised?
Mike