Post by KevinS on Jun 10, 2015 18:43:12 GMT -7
Hi all,
I'm (very) new to beekeeping, having just installed my first ever package earlier this year. The bees have seemed happy and healthy, and have filled most of one box but I just came home from work to what appears to be a dead queen outside the hive surrounded by a few workers. At first they were just surrounding and touching her, but they've since started to drag her around like they've done with other dead bees.
Here's (I hope) a link:https://www.dropbox.com/s/2jkva83l1r6d0me/IMG_2012.JPG?dl=0
I have many questions for you all. First off: this is a queen right? (yes I'm very new). Any idea what could have caused this, or steps I should take to try and diagnose any problems? Should I order a new queen, or hope they raise another? Any other information I can provide to help you all get a better sense of what's going on?
Appreciate any input you might have. This is our only hive right now, so this is really troubling.
Thanks,
-kevin
I'm (very) new to beekeeping, having just installed my first ever package earlier this year. The bees have seemed happy and healthy, and have filled most of one box but I just came home from work to what appears to be a dead queen outside the hive surrounded by a few workers. At first they were just surrounding and touching her, but they've since started to drag her around like they've done with other dead bees.
Here's (I hope) a link:https://www.dropbox.com/s/2jkva83l1r6d0me/IMG_2012.JPG?dl=0
I have many questions for you all. First off: this is a queen right? (yes I'm very new). Any idea what could have caused this, or steps I should take to try and diagnose any problems? Should I order a new queen, or hope they raise another? Any other information I can provide to help you all get a better sense of what's going on?
Appreciate any input you might have. This is our only hive right now, so this is really troubling.
Thanks,
-kevin
