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by donnajean74
Thu Apr 14, 2016 7:27 pm
Forum: Beekeeping
Topic: New beekeeper might have a queenless hive
Replies: 2
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Re: New beekeeper might have a queenless hive

Thanks for your reply. A week after our queenless discovery, we went through the entire hive again. We did see what are probably queen cups, but no signs of queen cells. There is definitely no worker brood at this point, only drone. Some capped, some not. This time we looked for eggs in the cells. S...
by donnajean74
Sun Apr 03, 2016 12:13 pm
Forum: Beekeeping
Topic: New beekeeper might have a queenless hive
Replies: 2
Views: 11848

New beekeeper might have a queenless hive

I am a brand new beekeeper and just took the winter beekeeping class. My husband and I transported a top bar hive to Longmont from Boulder when our friends moved out of the country in January. About 4 weeks ago we went in the hive for the first time. We looked at the combs towards the back and so on...