I've been keeping bees for 2 years. This year I had a swarm from one of my hives, which I caught, and a wild swarm that I also caught. When I hived them, I added a couple frames of brood with some queen cells to each - just in case. This was 3 weeks ago (I caught both swarms two days apart). After checking the hives yesterday, there is no sign of a queen and no brood cells or larvae. Both hives are quite aggressive which I've seen before on queenless hives.
My question are, what's the average on queens who make it back from there mating flight? I thought there might be some statistics on this. Will bees remain aggressive if there is a virgin queen present?
Thanks for any help on this.
Steve
My question are, what's the average on queens who make it back from there mating flight? I thought there might be some statistics on this. Will bees remain aggressive if there is a virgin queen present?
Thanks for any help on this.
Steve