Drone Laying Queen - What To Do! 

Thanks for the tip! I was actually wondering if the workers would break them down and make worker cells. I’ll definitely move them when I can. Hive is doing great these days with their new queen!

Thank you! Yes, I totally need to stop lifting from the middle first. :P I've actually been making sure lately that I don't do that. Appreciate the tip and thanks for the sub!

Thank you! Yes, typically I shake bees off of a frame before putting it in, but a fellow beekeeper suggested keeping the nurse bees on the frame in this instance and to just smoke them real good. They didn’t appear to fight, but who knows after I closed them up. 😬

Thank you! 😊🐝

And miss you guys!

Thank you! Yeah, I was a little sad to have to replace her. My first time replacing a queen. I think you’re right... it was too late in the year for her to be mated. I had let them make a new queen late last year and I was rolling the dice with that. Definitely learned a good lesson that if I need a queen late in the year to try and find a mated one if available or maybe combine hives to get through winter.

@@heatherelliott36 thank you for this info, it’s all really helpful, especially to a newbie. Wish you very well going forward w/this colony :)

@@honeyhousehold9480 Thank you! I'm so glad. :)

Thank you!

Thanks! Yeah this was a new one on me. I was really hoping it would work out, but had to replace her in order for the colony to survive.

@@heatherelliott36 I think replacing her is best I lots of cases. You may have the cost of the new queen but it saves time in the long run and the hive can get back to being productive.

Thank you!

Thanks for watching! I looked for her on the frames and when I found her I used a queen catcher - the stainless steel clip. I call it a chip clip. Those are nice because the queen can’t get out, but worker bees can get in and out of there.

Haha! I bet! I haven't had a laying worker yet. I'm outside of Raleigh so on the cusp of coastal and Piedmont. Thanks for watching!

@@heatherelliott36 awesome! If you ever head to the state beekeeping conferences, let us know, we'd love to say hi!

@@RascalApiary Definitely!

Yup! That’s what I did. She’s already laying eggs. 🤗

Great question and I'm so sorry for the super late reply! When a queen is born, she's a virgin queen and her abdomen is much smaller than when she's mated since there's no sperm in it. She can't lay until she goes on her mating flight to mate with a drone or drones from another colony and then her abdomen is filled with sperm. Queens won't mate a second time. They'll only mate once in their lifetime. Can they mate a second time if they wanted to? That's a great question. I would say no because when she's mated, she's heavier and can't fly. If the worker bees stopped feeding her to lose weight like they do when they're ready to swarm, she can fly, but I don't see her flying off again to find another drone or drones to mate with. Excellent questions!

Yeah I have a bad habit of that.

Hello! Yes for sure! I use two brood boxes, but yes better to start with the bottom one and work my way up. Appreciate the tip. 🤗🐝

Apis Malifera. Italian though I’m sure a hybrid.

@@heatherelliott36 okey..Did you migration your bee Or keep it in same place??

@@bikashrai6748 They stay in the same place.

@@heatherelliott36 okey Dear ... Thank you so much

I did and it worked bee-utifully!