Originally Posted by
Mellifera Crofter
I don't think it was a swarm, Johnny - but it might have been a virgin queen on a mating flight, or just a looking-around flight with other bees.
With the colony becoming queenless on the 16th, and the bees using a two-day old larva to create a queen, I think the new queen might have been ready to emerge by the 27th - so, the virgin queen in the capped cell you saw on the 27th might have been getting ready to emerge. Was the tip of the cell nibbled and darker?
Yes, I think leave them alone now for a bit.
Kitta
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