ok here's the story I started 2 hives this year, received my packages on Saturday May 17th, went to hive them Sunday the 18th. Opened my first package took out cork and there was no candy in hole and out my queen flew. Went inside and called the bee man and he said he would ship one the next day. I hung her in on Wednesday May 21st. On Monday May 26th I checked to see if she had been released and she had not, but there were many cells containing multiple eggs. I had remembered reading something about multiple eggs not being good so I grabbed my book. To my dismay all I could find about multiple eggs was laying workers and to shake the bees out. I did not think this was a good call for me as to this being such a new hive so I called a local beekeeper and she told me to manually release the queen so I did that. So I left things alone until today, Saturday may 30th. I can not find a queen, she could be right in front of me but I am new at this, but there are still a lot of cells with multiple eggs and also larvae. I have read that new queens can lay multiples for a few days but I am wondering what is a few days? It seems it would be too early for laying workers but to long for a new queen to lay multiples. So here's the timeline:
Sunday May 18th lost first queen
Wednesday May 21st installed new queen
Monday May 26th Checked for release, no release multiple eggs in cells, manually released
Saturday May 30th Multiple eggs in cells and larvae
Also here are some pictures from today.
Sunday May 18th lost first queen
Wednesday May 21st installed new queen
Monday May 26th Checked for release, no release multiple eggs in cells, manually released
Saturday May 30th Multiple eggs in cells and larvae
Also here are some pictures from today.


