According to this you may have a problem. http://www.thebeeyard.org/queen-rearing-calendar/
I just completed my first but it was right on schedule.
I just completed my first but it was right on schedule.
How does one apply this calendar if one puts eggs and open brood into a hive so they can make their own Queen. Do you put the graft date as the date you put the frame in or assume the "bee graft" is 3 days after the frame is put in to estimate egg hatch time?According to this you may have a problem. http://www.thebeeyard.org/queen-rearing-calendar/
I just completed my first but it was right on schedule.
If you move a frame with eggs and open brood into a Queenless hive when can one expect a Queen to hatch? Is it considered egg laid day when you move the frame or the equivalent of graft day?Typically I'd say +-1 day it's 16 days from when the egg is laid (or 12 days from when they were grafted) but they could be as much as two days late in cold weather and as much as a day early in hot weather and as much as another day early if you grafted some old larvae... so between 14 and 18 days from when the egg was laid, or between 10 and 14 days after you grafted is possible.
http://www.bushfarms.com/beesmath.htm
To be on the safe side, I would probably plug in the graft date as four days later than you moved the frame with eggs. In my recent scenario I moved a frame on the 15th of March, she emerged on the 28th, and I had two day old larvae this past Tuesday the 15th, ahead of schedule by a few days.How does one apply this calendar if one puts eggs and open brood into a hive so they can make their own Queen. Do you put the graft date as the date you put the frame in or assume the "bee graft" is 3 days after the frame is put in to estimate egg hatch time?
Thanks so much. I have no idea if I (the hive) will be successful but I moved the frames on April 11th which would put me looking to have a Queen around the 24th. I worry as the weather had changed again we are in a 2 week spell of cold and very wet weather. I have lots of drones but am concerned as to whether a virgin will be able to get mated in this weatherTo be on the safe side, I would probably plug in the graft date as four days later than you moved the frame with eggs. In my recent scenario I moved a frame on the 15th of March, she emerged on the 28th, and I had two day old larvae this past Tuesday the 15th, ahead of schedule by a few days.
I'm in the other Vancouver (USA), 300 miles south of you, and faced nearly identical weather. Unfortunately it was too early to order a queen so I had no other choice than to roll the dice. Until I see flatly capped worker brood this weekend Im still worried that I may be looking at a laying worker scenario. Saw larvae and a queen yesterday but she seemed a little small to me.Thanks so much. I have no idea if I (the hive) will be successful but I moved the frames on April 11th which would put me looking to have a Queen around the 24th. I worry as the weather had changed again we are in a 2 week spell of cold and very wet weather. I have lots of drones but am concerned as to whether a virgin will be able to get mated in this weather![]()
I'm clearly not the expert here, but I believe the goblet shaped cells are false or aborted queen cells. The peanut-shaped, vertically-oriented cells are queen cells and since they are grouped along the edges I believe they are supercedure or swarm cells. But you said that hive has no queen so they must be emergency queen cells, which tend to be located wherever there is suitable larvae, so probably it is just a coincidence that they are on the edge.I mentioned it earlier...
Hive with a Queen below excluder and above the excluder a few small goblet shaped cells...open..not drone or worker cells
Hive with no Queen has oblong cells with a rough surface , larger than the smooth goblet cells and near the edge of the frame.
Are these different variations of Queen cells or totally different things?