Never seen or heard of this before.

Started by capt44, April 24, 2017, 11:01:00 AM

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capt44

Howdy,
I had a man bring me several swarm cells to put in my incubator to care for them for later use.
8 out of 12 emerged and are doing fine BUT!
After 12 days I decided to open the remaining cells to see if the Queens were dead.
There was one capped cell that was normal length but was slightly larger in diameter.
When I opened it there was a fully developed Queen but she was head first down in the cell.
Now comes the weird part!
She had white paint on her Thorax!
It was the Queen I marked for him last year.
I have never seen this happen before.
I'm going to try and put on a couple of pictures.
Richard Vardaman (capt44)

BeeMaster2

Capt,
I think you are in trouble with the bee gods.
You just opened Queen Tuts tomb.  :cheesy:
Jim
Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.
Ben Franklin

capt44

Richard Vardaman (capt44)

BeeMaster2

If your bees start dying, you will know why. :cheesy:
Jim
Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.
Ben Franklin

Anybrew2

Thats just not right Bro! I'd need a Beer if I saw that.

gww

Jeeze, That wasn't a very good place to hide from the virgin.  Shoulda just swarmed.
Cheers
gww