Mated queens are hard to find this early in the year. Most Queen producers raise queens for their own use before they have surplus stock to sell. You may be able to find Queen cells if the breeders have more than they need
I think Melanie is correct. If you saw Queen cells you may have a new Queen that hasn’t started laying yet. Remember it takes 16 days from an egg to a hatched queen, a week to mature, a week to mate and start laying eggs so about 4 weeks total. Keep checking but it may be a couple more weeks until you see eggs from a new Queen
Mated queens are hard to find this early in the year. Most Queen producers raise queens for their own use before they have surplus stock to sell. You may be able to find Queen cells if the breeders have more than they need
I think Melanie is correct. If you saw Queen cells you may have a new Queen that hasn’t started laying yet. Remember it takes 16 days from an egg to a hatched queen, a week to mature, a week to mate and start laying eggs so about 4 weeks total. Keep checking but it may be a couple more weeks until you see eggs from a new Queen
Good luck and let us know how it goes.