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Offline Nock

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Saw a Queen....
« on: July 14, 2021, 07:21:40 pm »
Feeding herself. I had always heard that they wouldn?t. Mainly after being mated. Anyway watched her go head first down in a open cell. Stayed down for a few seconds then off on her way. Side note about this hive. They also had couple supercedure cells as well. Maybe they stopped feeding her?   
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Re: Saw a Queen....
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2021, 09:01:27 pm »
Nock,
What you were watching was a queen checking out a cell to see if it was prepped for her to lay an egg in. If it was ready, she would measure the diameter of the cell to determine if she needed to fertilize the egg, female, or lay it unfertilized, a drone.
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Re: Saw a Queen....
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2021, 09:31:15 pm »
It was almost full of nectar.
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