Well another eventful day Virgin Queen hunting..the first colony i went through i spotted the Queen on the sixth frame ..she looked plump and could well have been mated but she got squished anyway and a Queen right brood box on 8 frames of wall to wall brood was united over news paper and and freshener to be on the safe side...i will check on them on Monday and hopefully she is in there laying away..i will juggle the frames about and leave them on one brood box jam packed with brood and space for the Queen to lay..that will give me a very strong colony for the thistle and second phacilia flow that is sprouting up..
I went through two other colonies and could i hell find anything resembling a Queen which has me thinking the two colonies might not have a Queen as i am usually good at finding them..that is unless the little gits are sitting on the inside of the brood box..both colonies got a test frame each and i will also check that on Monday.
The brood box i have to unite one of these with is on eight frames of brood so the only thing i could do for now is stick two drawn supers on top and leave them to it for now..
The weather is looking to be great and hopefully the Virgins in the other colonies get mated and start laying before they also meet there maker..
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