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New queen in Autumn
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<blockquote data-quote="AdamD" data-source="post: 2122" data-attributes="member: 173"><p>You are seeing supercedure; I've seen similar before in autumn and the old queen survives OK through the winter. However the new queencells indicate that the bees want another go at rearing a queen. A queencell is sealed for 8 days. If both are broken down from the back, in due course, it means that the existing queen has done them in. If one is open in a few days time and one is broken down, then the chances are that the first one out killed her sister. You might find the old queen goes at this time or she might not. We still can never be sure what they will do! It's surprising how a queen will find some drones to mate with (after being out for 5 or 6 days) - provided the weather is warm enough. Once mated she will take a few days to start to lay. Worth checking outside the hive for dead queens from time to time as you might find one gets chucked out!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AdamD, post: 2122, member: 173"] You are seeing supercedure; I've seen similar before in autumn and the old queen survives OK through the winter. However the new queencells indicate that the bees want another go at rearing a queen. A queencell is sealed for 8 days. If both are broken down from the back, in due course, it means that the existing queen has done them in. If one is open in a few days time and one is broken down, then the chances are that the first one out killed her sister. You might find the old queen goes at this time or she might not. We still can never be sure what they will do! It's surprising how a queen will find some drones to mate with (after being out for 5 or 6 days) - provided the weather is warm enough. Once mated she will take a few days to start to lay. Worth checking outside the hive for dead queens from time to time as you might find one gets chucked out! [/QUOTE]
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