In the afternoon of the calculated hatching date five of the 13 queens hatched in their protective cages. The rest will hatch in the next few hours.

For each of the young queens - or rather princesses - a separate colony will now be created. These colonies consist of two honeycombs and bees from the nursing colony.

In about one week the princesses will embark on their wedding flight, where they will mate with several drones. If they find their way back to the right flight hole and are not caught by a bird on the way, they will start laying eggs after another week.

In the garden beekeeper bee corner a new development area has been created today: In addition to the mature colonies, there are now two additional 4-bay hives and five hives in the standard dimensions.