Thanks Tim. The Queen flew back to the hive. Amazingly, I found her almost
immediately yesterday. However, I got her on my hive tool, and just as I
was about to do the deed, she flew off. In the pile of crap that came in
the equipment from the other beekeeper, I saw some small, plastic boxes that
I figure are for catching the queens. At the time I figured I would never
use then, and put them somewhere. Of course, when you need it, you can
never find it...
Incidentally, the same hive has some rather developed supersedure cells. By
developed I mean about 75% to the capping stage, and full of jelly. It
seems very odd, as there are about two frames of fresh eggs, and several
frames with a great brood pattern. This was my first split, and it was
totally FUBAR'd. I moved them in there with several great looking queen
cells, hoping to have them raise a local queen. In a panic, I installed a
queen, but there might have been an unmated one that found her way back
after I shook out the bees prior to putting the new Queen in. I emptied the
bodies, and shook all the bees out, as I could not locate the queen.) Split
was done in May.
When the inspector saw the hive (a month ago), they had a supersedure cell
of grand size capped, and several days later was in the process of being
torn down, although it looked as though the occupant may have emerged whole,
rather than being disposed of. Thanks again...JK
Jonathan B. Kriebel
Das Sauen Õhr Farm
3229 Zepp Rd.
Green Lane, PA 18054-2357
Telephone: (610) 864-8581
Facsimile: (215) 234-8573
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