Hive status: New nuc in 2012
Hive origin: Split from H4 2012
Queen type: None yet, eggs from H4 2012
Significant events/observations:
5/8/12: Started this hive to prevent swarming of H4. Consists of 3 frames of brood and eggs and one frame of food, each with bees. The Queen from H4 was found during the split and placed back in H4, so this is a nuc that is certainly queenless. With no nuc boxes, it is in a deep with 4 frames that have no drawn comb and 2 frames with a small amount of drawn comb.
5/13/12: 3 uncapped queen cells present, perhaps 6 or 7 days old. They must have realized they were without a queen with enough time to use the eggs from 5/8/12. If a healthy queen emerges she should be mated and perhaps even laying by the end of the month.
5/21/12: I checked in on this hive in case there were queen cells on more than one frame to try to start another nuc. All 3 queen cells were capped on the same frame, so I let them bee. The queens will likely hatch out tomorrow.
6/2/12: Combined with 2012 Hive 6. Refer to that post for additional info.
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