Allow 10 days after emergence watch landing board for pollen going in and check.If no eggs allow another 5 days as I find I am usually a week out in my calculations its unlikely there will be a cast as I presume you only left 1 Q Cell Good luck
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Thanks Sandy. I took a look yesterday, and the bees appear to by acting normally around the entrance, with pollen going in, a few drones flying. When I opened up, I found 7-8 deep frames packed with pollen, capped honey and nectar, but no brood, no eggs and didn't see a queen.
I am guessing she may still be on mating flights. My concern now is, that assuming she mates in the next couple of weeks, will there be enough bees to attend her?
Well I went away on holiday for the week, came back and all looked well at the hive entrance, so opened up both hives, and there they were..... brood, lots of lovely brood. So my guess was her majesty's took around 4 weeks to mate. Although i suspect that the one queen was back and laying a week earlier, just as I went on holiday, as the bees were doing what bees should do, with pollen being taken in then.
So just need to keep an eye on that they dont decide to swarm again.