Bonus Queen!!
Ha ha went robbing honey frames yesterday and found an extra queen.
One of my hives was queenless a short while back and i introduced a mated marked queen about a month ago.
I went into the super (above the queen excluder) to find it full of capped brood, eggs etc? Went searching wondering how "she" got up there and i found an unmarked queen?
Went through the box below the excluder: brood at all stages and the marked queen...two queens; one below the excluder and one above it in a 2 deep hive.
Figured the one up must have just mated before i introduced the new one. I was probably a bit careless with the excluder as i thought the hive was "queensess" and she snuck up there.
She is now in a nuc. Could of done a split but im low on hardware. ...Need more gear.
End game, i managed to get a big bucket of honey. What was a weak hive is now booming and i found a bonus queen....happy days!
Good times!
Bee North.
Congratulations.
My observation hive has 2 queens laying side by side. One queen is marked green and one is not.
They are mother daughter.
Jim Altmiller
Thanks guys.
It did make ne very happy!
That would be good to see Jim. But dont they fill a box quickly!
She gets her new hive this weekend.
In the spring, yes. Not in winter.
Jim Altmiller
True!