I just checked 9 apideas I have at home. One had absconded, one was missing a queen, 4 had eggs or larvae and 3 still had a queen but no eggs yet. Just got finished checking in the nick of time as we have torrential rain again. 3 weeks later than last year but bodes well for the 50+ apideas in the queen rearing group which are just over a mile away from these ones. This batch of queens mostly emerged 3 weeks ago. Edit. Checked another 9 ...
Updated 23-06-2012 at 06:25 PM by Jon