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gythagirl

Joined: 18 Feb 2010
Posts: 1467
Location: Somerset

Posted: Sun Jul 17, 16 9:39 pm Post subject: One hive, 2 queens...

OH looked at his hives this afternoon and in one, the colony rescued from a friend's porch roof space in May, he saw, to his total astonishment, 2 queens on the same comb...quite close to each other and each apparently co-existing. A quick google search and a phone call to his mentor and I gather it's all about supercedure; but his mentor, who's been beekeeping for over 35 years has only seen this once before and wished OH had taken a photo!

So my question is, who of you beeks out there has come across this before..?

gythagirl

Joined: 18 Feb 2010
Posts: 1467
Location: Somerset

Posted: Mon Jul 18, 16 8:38 pm Post subject:
So, Pete's the only one, then?

joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 16 7:00 am Post subject:
I've never seen it but I have had a colony supersede their Queen a few times. I'd love to see though!

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15998

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 16 7:25 am Post subject:
Husband says this happens during supercedure when the bees keep the old queen until they know the new queen is laying properly. Usually the other bees keep them apart though. He has been keeping bees for about 35 years now and he hasn't seen it, although knowing it does happen.

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