Is there an easy way to tell if a queen has been mated. I checked my hives the other day and found 2 new queens one was a walk away split, and one was a small swarm I caught. I did not get the queen so I gave them a queen cell and now they have a queen but, can I tell if she is mated?
If they turn out to be drone layers, will they lay eggs in worker brood? Or will the eggs be in Drone brood. My walk away split has eggs in worker brood. It is still alittle early to say on the swarm hive yet.
What got me to wondering was some reading I was doing on queen piping. It said mostly virgins do this. Did I just miss read that. Cause several queens were doing this the other day.
If they turn out to be drone layers, will they lay eggs in worker brood? Or will the eggs be in Drone brood. My walk away split has eggs in worker brood. It is still alittle early to say on the swarm hive yet.
What got me to wondering was some reading I was doing on queen piping. It said mostly virgins do this. Did I just miss read that. Cause several queens were doing this the other day.