So, yesterday I was prepared to merge my laying worker hive with my strong hive using a layer of newspaper between the two. My plan was to then take the two honey supers and rob and merge to one with sufficient f ood for the upper box till they ate their way to meeging.
All went well. Both colonies were quiet even tho' I did not smoke them heavily. I moved the new double decker over to straddle the old location then turned my attention to the honey supers.
I culled, sorted bushes off bees from all 5he frames. Then, putting in a mixture of blanks *with no drawn wax) and about 5 frames with nectar.
During the culling I discovered this frame. Uneven wax, drone sized cells, larvae, two tiny queen cells in development. Look inside. Multiple eggs. Do I have laying workers in the super of the strong hive? WTF!
My two concerns: Is there a queen successfully laying in the main brood box? Perhaps, i mixed up the source of the frames. Second concern is the extreme heat. It's been in the 90s. I'm venting the top cover, let's hope it's enough.
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