The Queen starter colony continues to make queen cells. These queen cells have been capped since May 8. One of the queens hatched today and is loose in the starter colony. The queen was captured and moved to a mating Nuc (left). Frames containing capped queen cells from the WildCA18A colony which just swarmed were moved into the starter colony. All genetics in the starter colony are from WildCA18A. Also, this starter colony can be opened many times a day without smoke or any sort of bee protection. These bees are extraordinarily calm.
