Cut Out Some Queen Cells, Queens Hatching All Over The Place

[tedh]

Some thoughts/questions/possible solutions

Nuc #1 possible young queen getting her swing on.?
Nuc #3 swarmed without leaving queen cells?  I've not heard of that happening before. Can you tell us more?
Nuc#4 queen cells present check back in two weeks?  Seems a little soon to me.
Nuc#5 another young queen just getting her swing down.?
Nuc #2 if TRULY QUEENLESS combine with nuc #4.
Good luck, Ted

[Lburou]

Jen, she will feed herself first thing after hatching, unless she has to face another queen.  Just a drop of honey on a honeycomb will suffice, maybe a drop of water too.  The queen pipe shown by Green Bee is what I was referring to for catching and moving queens & workers if you have dumb fingers like me.   

[Jen]

Ooooh.. That makes sense..   

So I could take the wooden queen cage, lift up the screen put a little piece of honey comb at the back of the cage where the cork is, with a drop of honey on it. Then when I put the queen in, close up the screen.. she can feed herself.

Ya know... I would like to see visually how a queen pipe is used to move bees into a queen cage. Didn't find anything on youtube.

[Lburou]

Yes Jen, but you can skip the step of inserting comb and put a small drop of honey on the screen. 

[LazyBkpr]

What Lee said. I usually use 1/1 syrup, just a drop, you don't want her sticky or swimming, and cover the cage so its dark. I have kept queens alive for a week on my kitchen counter that way. Longer and I would make a quick nuc that was queenless and put the queen cages in it so the bees would feed the queens through the wire.