Emergency cells! With strange hive activity, possibly Queenless! how to solve it. Pt1
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- čas přidán 3. 06. 2024
- When a hive is being a little suspicious and the Queen stops laying panic sets in! Read the frames and it should tell a story but bees will be bees and nothing is too certain. With the Queen not laying and the weather being "well British" bees can be under some strain and the Queen can in some cases stop laying.
But the hive/frame signs changed after a few days as you will see in this video. From a Queen not laying and no cells being made at all to then suddenly a change! Emergency Queen cells being made with old worker brood is never a good sign but tells you something is definitely wrong with the Queen. Be it weak, old or unfortunately dead/missing. There can be many ways to solve these issues, I'll show what I'm doing with this situation.
This happened in late May and I will follow up on the progress as it unfolds.
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I did that to mine but drone season is over, now I have virgin queens in 3 or 4 hives.
Big operation ahead to save those bees ☹
We still have drones here and many still capped. Hopefully all will be well, just a shame we’ve lost one of our best Queens. Hope you resolve your situation 🐝
The 4 minutes mark, you might wonder if queen emerges in that hive next time you inspect same hive. Unfortunately it happened to me a couple of years ago. It can be hard to concentrate, thanking you for your reply
Thanks for reply, I do believe I got them all. There is always a slight risk. I’ll do a follow up anyway with all this. 🐝
There's one frame you didn't shake!
Oh what one was that? 🧐
I have a hive which been queenless for long time and thinking to queen it from another hive by taking its queen can i do that? and is it ok if these two hives were near each other?
Hi, I don’t see a problem with using a queen as long as she is introduced properly “I have videos on this. ” But reading that your hive has been queenless for a long time is troubling, as they can develop laying workers. The hive will then not accept a queen so easily, I would strongly recommend putting a frame of eggs in that hive asap. This will tell you what the situation is and all being well they will draw cells. 🐝
@@berintanbees what if there was no larvae at all?
The problem is how long it’s been queenless, with no brood. This is when they develop a laying worker. They will lay multiple eggs in cells dotted around (drone). I would still recommend using a frame of eggs just to be on the safe side. You could also buy a queen, but that could be an expense if failed. But they are your hives so it’s your decision. Hope this helps. 🐝
@@berintanbees great advice thank you!