Queen bee

[Procne]

do bees need orchards to servive or will potted plants do

I keep a second skep among pinetrees, no potted plants or fields around. Number of worker bees is growing and honey meter is raising

[Toorimakun]

from what i understand the beehive is only affected by trees...
i am not sure.... but i think the beehive only affects fruit trees... not sure if it has any effect on normal trees.

[Shadeen]

Got a second queen in the skep at just 3.5k workers.

Thanks! I have made a second, higher quality bee skep, and moved my original queen with 3 drones there. Let's hope the older skep will spawn its own queen! There are plenty of worker bees, and ~5 drones in there.

[Toorimakun]

dose the royal jelly spawn anywhere in the hive or does it spawn under the queen bee like eggs for turkeys?

[Brona]

dose the royal jelly spawn anywhere in the hive or does it spawn under the queen bee like eggs for turkeys?

Anywhere in the hive.

[Shadeen]

Is royal jelly a prerequisite for a new queen spawn?

[Brona]

Is royal jelly a prerequisite for a new queen spawn?

No I have had queens spawn without any royal jelly being present.

[Shadeen]

Thank you

[mrmay87]

Is royal jelly a prerequisite for a new queen spawn?

I've gotten anywhere from 2-5 jelly when queen spawns

[Brona]

Thank you