I believe one of my hives is starting a queen cell. With this being one of the only two hives in my area (both about a week old) should there bee enough drones to mate w/ her? or should i destroy the cell(i dont want to unless i have to.
i am going to check the hive later tonight to determine what they are doing.
I have never seen a good reason to destroy a good queen cell. It is a myth that should be allowed to die. The only queen cell I will ever destroy is when I accidentally damage it.
I'd bet there are plenty of drones out there.
Quote from: foxman on June 05, 2009, 07:14:17 PM
I believe one of my hives is starting a queen cell. With this being one of the only two hives in my area (both about a week old) should there bee enough drones to mate w/ her? or should i destroy the cell(i dont want to unless i have to.
i am going to check the hive later tonight to determine what they are doing.
Is this on the package hive you were having trouble with awhile back?
no but that one died out again
i dont believe the queen was laying as there is 4-5 queen cells in that hive now and the population is dropping again :'( :'(
i dont know what is up with that hive but the bees seem to have trouble w/ it.
the queen cell i was asking about is on the healthy hive.