Queen needed

[d k]

Sorry to spam the group. I'm looking for a queen for a hive that has no new larva. I saw some queen cells 3 weeks ago that were ready to come out, moved a few to a different week hive and now they are only drones. I was going to move some from the strong hive over to let then make a new queen, but hoping for different genetics. If anyone has a queen or a few queen cells please hit me up and let me know what you would want for them 

Thanks

Dave 

[Joseph Bessetti]

You may just need to wait a bit more. 3weeks after seeing Q cells isn’t always enough.  Know before you kill a bought queen.

I will be culling queens from the club apiary and will have a few overwintered ones that I’m replacing.

Joe

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[d k]

I would wait a bit but I have noticed a few cells randomly placed that are double larvae. What I understand from that is queen is no more and I only have a laying worker.i hope I am wrong but I'm not confident. 

Dave

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[Paul Zelenski]

Sometimes a new queen will just be overly enthusiastic. 

If it is laying workers, you won’t be able to simply introduce a queen. 

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[Joseph Bessetti]

How long they are without brood determines the development of laying workers.

Does anyone know the most definitive way to distinguish between laying workers and a newly laying queen? (Note, it’s not simply the presence of more than one egg in a cell as some would have you believe.)

Joe

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