Hey beekeepers,
I checked a hive that came from a split today and I found two queens in it.
There are newly fresh laid eggs so the older queen is still in there.
A new queen that hatched from the queen swarm cells was on the same frame, but on the other side.
How long before the workers eliminate or they eliminate each other ?
Could the hive possibly have both queens for an extended period of time ?
(I've heard about this case in supercedure procedure where the old queen is still around for a bit).
Cheers
They will meet, one will die.
There are cases where there are mother daughter queens both in a single hive for a while.
Quote from: AllenF on July 18, 2011, 10:44:56 PM
There are cases where there are mother daughter queens both in a single hive for a while.
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key phrase is: "
for a while."
it's not a bad thing. it won't last, but if both are laying they build up more quickly. the old queen may not be doing anything so you never can tell......
Likely they will both last until winter and one will disappear sometime around then.