Quote Originally Posted by fatshark View Post
I'd have thought they'd have only 'abandoned' the cells if there were too few bees in the box.
I almost always use queenright colonies and either a Cloake board or Ben Harden setup so can't really comment from much experience. Whenever I've used a queenless colony it's always been heaving with bees.
Hi FS,

Box was rammed so very odd. On "the other forum" a few people reported similar things and suggested the cold can definitely do this. Ho hum - next time !