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- From: Jim Evans <jevans20 AT gmail.com>
- To: Orange Beekeepers <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [ocba] New hive - supercedure cells
- Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 14:12:47 -0400
I'm a new beekeeper and installed two packages on April 5. The hives have been fed regularly and bees are very active.
One hive is doing great. Lots of honey stores, brood, and larvae. The queen was easy to find.
The other hive has honey stores but no brood cells. The bees are building comb and storing food. It does have 5-6 supercedure cells. It seems odd to have supercedure cells and no brood? My bee mentor checked and agreed that there is no brood.
Should I wait for a new queen to emerge and mated i.e. do nothing (other than continue feeding)?
Or, should I seek out and purchase a new queen for this hive?
I could move brood from the "good" hive into the weaker hive, but without a queen, not sure this makes sense.
Advice appreciated.
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[ocba] New hive - supercedure cells,
Jim Evans, 04/20/2014
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Re: [ocba] New hive - supercedure cells,
Randall Austin, 04/20/2014
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Re: [ocba] New hive - supercedure cells,
Jim Evans, 04/20/2014
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Re: [ocba] New hive - supercedure cells,
Randall Austin, 04/20/2014
- Re: [ocba] New hive - supercedure cells, Jim Evans, 04/20/2014
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[ocba] queen sources now?,
chloe palenchar, 04/22/2014
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Re: [ocba] queen sources now?,
Jim Musson, 04/22/2014
- Re: [ocba] queen sources now?, Randall Austin, 04/22/2014
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Re: [ocba] queen sources now?,
Jim Musson, 04/22/2014
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Re: [ocba] New hive - supercedure cells,
Randall Austin, 04/20/2014
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Re: [ocba] New hive - supercedure cells,
Jim Evans, 04/20/2014
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Re: [ocba] New hive - supercedure cells,
Randall Austin, 04/20/2014
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