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Inspected the hive after a break of about 4 weeks. Hive had been doing quite well, filling out two deeps (drawing comb and filling it - and I probably should have put a medium super on that a cuple weeks ago).
Some capped brood, not much evidence of larvae....most of the 20 deep frames loaded with honey or honey-in-process. Can't seem to locate the queen. All evidence suggests no activity by the queen for a couple weeks.
A couple small queen cells. Capped.
Did the hive swarm, is the queen dead, or is she just taking a break from laying since it's overloaded with honey (no room for brood) ? This was a clipped BeeWeaver queen....I'm disappointed to have apparently lost her.
Thoughts ? Guess I better re-queen, hey ?
Some capped brood, not much evidence of larvae....most of the 20 deep frames loaded with honey or honey-in-process. Can't seem to locate the queen. All evidence suggests no activity by the queen for a couple weeks.
A couple small queen cells. Capped.
Did the hive swarm, is the queen dead, or is she just taking a break from laying since it's overloaded with honey (no room for brood) ? This was a clipped BeeWeaver queen....I'm disappointed to have apparently lost her.
Thoughts ? Guess I better re-queen, hey ?