Hive 1 did not get checked last Sunday as I was worried that being queenless on the last check, they might be a bit fractious again. So taday as part of my round robin looking at all my other hives, I called in to check hive 1.
They still look to be queenless. There is no brood but there is a sealed queen cell. I am beginning to think that it must be a dead cell though. It should have emerged by now. Workers sometimes close the door on a queen cell after the queen has emerged, but there is no sign that this cell has been opened. I will give it until next week. If things don't look up, I will add a frame of eggs from hive 5.
The bramble has started to flow, the bees are bringing in loads of nectar, even if there is no queen. I added an extra super to giver them more room as the hive is quite full.
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