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need a little advice on queenless hive

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#1 ·
I have a very large hive (in number of bees) so many bees coming and going, impossible to count them. I tore it down recently and discovered no brood, no queen. The hive without brood to care for gathered much honey and filled all available space.

I don't plan to purchase a queen for this hive.

How best to utiilize this hive? as opposed to allowing it to slowly die without a queen.

My thoughts are to put in a frame of eggs and let them make one, but if it takes 24 days to make a laying queen.

what other options are out there? thanks.
 
#3 ·
Maybe give them another couple of weeks and check again for eggs or brood. If still nothing, beef up other hives with them. Since the numbers are so high, I'd hold out for a replacement being in there yet. However, if there truly are no empty cells, that can't be too good. Did you look down in the bottom box too?
 
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