Greg:
Are you feeding sugar syrup? If not, continue feeding until you have at
least two frames of capped honey in brood. It is a must to have that much
in reserve.
 
As far as your queen is conserned,  she may or may not still be with you.
It is sometimes hard to see her. By the workers still bringing in pollen,
it is a good sign that she is still with you.
Good luck,
 
Bob Neely
Goose Creek, SC
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On Tue, 29 Apr 1997 22:21:40 +0100 Greg Hankins <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>I installed two 3-lb packages in two Lang hive bodies Saturday a week
>ago.
>First inspection, on the following Thursday, found both queens
>released,
>though still hanging about in the queen cage. One (Queen of the
>B-Hive)
>exited the cage during my inspection, so I removed the cage. I
>replaced the
>other cage as I found it, with the queen (Queen of the A-Hive) still
>inside.
>
>Just watching the hive entrances, there seemed to be very little
>purposeful
>activity the first week -- just lots of milling about in front of the
>hive.
>But today (Tuesday, ten days out) there was serious-looking goings and
>comings (and full pollen baskets among the latter).
>
>Opening B-Hive I found comb being drawn on about six of the ten frames
>and
>pollen being placed in cells. I saw no eggs or larvae (though it was
>late
>afternoon, and my manual said eggs could be hard to see). Though not
>looking for her, I spotted the queen, who appeared to be walking
>around
>with no particular purpose in mind.
>
>In A-Hive I found no eggs or larvae. Pollen was in cells, as well as
>more
>nectar/syrup in cells than in B-Hive. I did not happen upon the
>A-Queen. I
>did find a couple of odd-shaped hood-like projections extending out
>from
>cells on one frame.
>
>Questions:
>
>Should a check this coming weekend reveal eggs or larvae? If not, what
>should I suspect/do?
>
>Those odd hodd-shaped things in A-Hive weren't some nascent queen
>cells
>that indicate the A-queen is no longer in evidence, are they?
>
>I'm attempting mightily to be non-paranoid about all this. I've read
>at
>least a dozen books (I'm obsessive that way). But it could be time for
>someone to say, "Don't worry, just check on things this weekend."
>
>Greg
>
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>Greg Hankins                       Mt. Gilead, NC
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