I am annoyed with my favourite queen.

Disappointed.

She has been laying the most consistent brood pattern for the whole season - and did the same at the back end of last season too.
The colony wintered nicely, is nicely tempered and was prime a selection for a few quoons.

So I caught her - nicely and without trauma - and plonked her in the hive acclimatised Nicot "Cupularve" that is my standard method. 100 nice cells all ready for Mrs Quoon to bung her fecund rear into.
Normally I'd expect to see most of the cells laid after 30 hours of queen confinement - on this occasion she gave me 2. Two. Just two. Not together or in any sensible kind of place, but just kind of random, in the middle-ish.

What is more, one of the cells has two eggs in it - the other, three.

When I released her she looked smug and I thought I saw her give me two fingers.

Any suggestions, team?