EK.Bee
03-06-2014, 05:06 PM
One of my hive attempted to swarm on 27th of May (failed demaree :() but as the queen was clipped they were all back inside pretty quickly
I found the queen wandering around in front of the hive & split the colony and felt jolly thankful
Had a peek 3 days later after my son phoned to say he thought there was another swarm, the queen was still present (couldn't have been this hive)
Looked in today couldn't see any eggs or Queen (now 7 days post swarm split) Did find 2 charged Q cells (I put this frame into a Q- colony I have.
So my question is: How long do you think will it be before the queen resumes laying? (assuming she hasn't been squished or run out of eggs (she's 1yr old so I think that's less likely)
I found the queen wandering around in front of the hive & split the colony and felt jolly thankful
Had a peek 3 days later after my son phoned to say he thought there was another swarm, the queen was still present (couldn't have been this hive)
Looked in today couldn't see any eggs or Queen (now 7 days post swarm split) Did find 2 charged Q cells (I put this frame into a Q- colony I have.
So my question is: How long do you think will it be before the queen resumes laying? (assuming she hasn't been squished or run out of eggs (she's 1yr old so I think that's less likely)