EGG Laying Quest.

[KONASDAD]

This past w/e I attended NJ's version of beeks short course. As part of class, we went out to beeyard and opened hives. I was handed a frame of bees. I found queen as it turned out. As I was showing classmates brood, pollen, honey and eggs. All were present. Some capped cells were drones but very few. There were two eggs at the bottom of many cells. They were at the very bottom, not attched to sides and they were coupled together at their ends that were attached to cell bottom. Is this a failing queen? Recently returned virgin now competing w/ egglaying workers? Any thoughts?

[Michael Bush]

It's either a queen that has not enough room to lay or a queen that just started to lay.

[KONASDAD]

Thanx. What will become of those fertilized double egg cells? Will normal brood develop?

[LET-CA]

Thanx. What will become of those fertilized double egg cells? Will normal brood develop?

When there are two eggs in a cell, the bees will hatch as identical twins and will irritate all the other bees because they will wear identical outfits and act silly all the time.   :-D

[Mici]

i think that bees will remove one egg/larvae from that cell, yes they're carniverous! :-D

[Michael Bush]

>What will become of those fertilized double egg cells? Will normal brood develop?

Like Mici says, they will remove one eventually, but they never seem to do it until after they hatch.