tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830366855111945407.post7876340132635485859..comments2024-03-24T22:46:01.264+00:00Comments on TrogTrogBee: Not worth a fly?trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830366855111945407.post-11537462250275281012017-07-05T19:59:26.782+01:002017-07-05T19:59:26.782+01:00You could be right, although the pupa I could see ...You could be right, although the pupa I could see looked very like a queen and came from a cell immediately adjacent to the queen that emerged. It is a pity I didn't take a photo but there was a lot going on.trogtrogbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830366855111945407.post-67443069612719827202017-07-05T11:15:53.353+01:002017-07-05T11:15:53.353+01:00If you remove emergency cells after 7 days you run...If you remove emergency cells after 7 days you run the risk that the bees may attempt to make new emergency cells on the older unsealed brood that remains. According to Mark Winston in his excellent book “The Biology of the honey bee” caste is fully determined by 7 days, so the resultant bees may in fact develop as workers, or if slightly younger as inter-caste bees. It would make sense to me that such individuals, although sealed inside an emergency queen cell would still be undeveloped at 17 days. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04390260747956263079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830366855111945407.post-40893741677386652902017-07-04T19:30:15.582+01:002017-07-04T19:30:15.582+01:00Fascinating Chris, we've done two lots of swar...Fascinating Chris, we've done two lots of swarm control on some of the queens at the HBKA apiary and also at home on those that were artificial swarms in early May. I think the girls have obviously decided it's a good year and swarming twice. As for your queen cells without a queen in the hive, could they have come from outside? We know workers move eggs around the hive, do they move them between hives? Have you seen Ian's post on the BBKA Facebook page about drone brood in the supers with a proper newly mated queen below? I'll share it to HBKA page. SueIan Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16777816463012806047noreply@blogger.com