Another little RJ experiment

[BeeMaster2]

The only time I have seen bees acting like this around a laying queen was in my first bought Nuc that had a queen with DWV that had never been able to fly and was a drone laying queen.
Sorry for the possible bad news.
Jim

[Van, Arkansas, USA]

(The bees are walking on her.)
Jim, good morning, I have seen queens that I call shy, runners, that would try to hide under bees, walk under bees, constantly moving.  Maybe the queen is reacting to the close exposure to the camera.

Beepro, stunning color and clarity of pics, nice loooking queen.
Blessings

[eltalia]

@beepro wrote:
". Found her and the new eggs 2 days ago"

reminds me of a glowing gold hardtop Cadiliac all were ogling
at  classic car show I lunched at once, a long time ago.
Well done fella...keeps us updated on her lay.

Bill

[beepro]

An update:


Here is a pic of the cap broods.  http://imgbox.com/4ks1pwKM   Not a bad pattern either.
A newly laying queen is still trying to establish herself in the colony.  Perhaps her queen scent is
not that strong yet.   Right now she is fully established with eggs on all frames.  She's in a 5 frame nuc
hive with lots of worker and young nurse bees.     

This morning the outside temp is around 65F.   After seeing all the eggs are are laid on the frames I added another
drawn frame into this hive.  Right now I have zero mite because the cap broods without the attaching bees got moved to
another nuc hive.    The other nuc hive also has no mite. 

[eltalia]

Need to see the whole of the frame side to make an evaluation BP, but eggs on all frames
 sounds like she is kicking goals (touchdowns).

Bill

[beepro]

Thanks.   I will make another evaluation after the other 3 frames are full of
cap broods in a week or 2.   I will also continue with the extra RJ injection in QCs when queen
rearing days are in full swing this season.   Mother nature is still not too cooperating with the latest
arctic chills and rains.  It is going to be another fun bee season!

[eltalia]

Thanks.   I will make another evaluation after the other 3 frames are full of
cap broods in a week or 2.   I will also continue with the extra RJ injection in QCs when queen
rearing days are in full swing this season.   Mother nature is still not too cooperating with the latest
arctic chills and rains.  It is going to be another fun bee season!

Yep, some may rue going early... from what I am reading/seeing of "the change". Cheers.

Bill

[beepro]

I have since moved this new laying queen into another nuc box in the virgin hive.  A half laundry net bag is use to separate them.
And new bees from this queen are emerging everyday now.   All are worker bees.  They have the distinguish half gray bottom and half yellow top
marking.  This nuc hive now has 6 QCs in development.   They will be receiving extra RJ injection also.   I like to see how large
the cells and queens can be later on.   I still believe that the extra RJ will benefit these cells.