Queen check

wd · April 22, 2010, 06:45:33 PM

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?

Kathyp · April 22, 2010, 07:30:09 PM

looks like you have lots of brood and all is well. congrats.

David LaFerney · April 22, 2010, 11:03:31 PM

Nice fat queen seems to have hit the ground running.

wd · April 23, 2010, 06:02:00 PM

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

mherndon · April 27, 2010, 10:10:49 PM

Nice pics and nice looking queen too.

Mark

Jahjude · May 01, 2010, 06:46:47 PM

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:

Kathyp · May 01, 2010, 06:52:19 PM

pic #2 just south of center.

Jahjude · May 01, 2010, 07:22:13 PM

hehe ;) Well she's quite visible there but thot Mark was referring to WD's final post with pic labelled "checking on queen activity"