Locating the queen on thought to be queenless starter hive
- Day1 - Introduced a queen in a cage with a cork plug, she was alive on day three and the same color but smaller. - Day3 - replaced plug with marshmallow. - Day6 - she was no where to be found. Capped queen cells were present, left a few, applied some feed and closed it up. Including the time span between day 3 and day 6 - this check was done 27 to 30 days later.
what yah think?
(http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo352/cv_wildlife/04-vina/th_h4-1.jpg) (http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo352/cv_wildlife/04-vina/h4-1.jpg)
(http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo352/cv_wildlife/04-vina/th_h4-2.jpg) (http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo352/cv_wildlife/04-vina/h4-2.jpg)
(http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo352/cv_wildlife/04-vina/th_h4-3.jpg) (http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo352/cv_wildlife/04-vina/h4-3.jpg)
(http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo352/cv_wildlife/04-vina/th_h4-4.jpg) (http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo352/cv_wildlife/04-vina/h4-4.jpg)
looks like you have lots of brood and all is well. congrats.
Nice fat queen seems to have hit the ground running.
yes, I'm happy it worked it out :)
For those that maybe questioning the location, for now I'm not too worried about it, as it offers some protection. I do have some in direct sun but wind could be a problem there. I'll deal with it either way. this was the best picture I could currently up with.
checking on queen activity
(http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo352/cv_wildlife/th_qch32.jpg) (http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo352/cv_wildlife/qch32.jpg)
Nice pics and nice looking queen too.
Mark
Quote from: mherndon on April 27, 2010, 10:10:49 PM
Nice pics and nice looking queen too.
Mark
:hissyfit: Nice looking Queen?!?! Wonder if my sight is finally failing now,I been checking thru tha pic for queen with no luck - how'd u spot her,where's she??? :needhelp:
pic #2 just south of center.
:oops: hehe ;) Well she's quite visible there but thot Mark was referring to WD's final post with pic labelled "checking on queen activity"