I just went thru one of my hives and found zero brood. I saw a few queen cells but nothing with eggs in them and no sign of a hatched queen cell. What are the odds that the queen made it most of the way thru winter and then died allowing the hive to survive? Seems like an odd situation. The only other thing I could think of is that the queen superseded and has not mated yet and started laying and or a swarm. Swarm seems unlikely because we just started any type of flow and until the last week or so we've still been getting pretty cool.
Just wondering if anyone might have any insight or has seen something like this before.
If I don't see brood in a week I will likely just get a queen.
~Matt
Just wondering if anyone might have any insight or has seen something like this before.
If I don't see brood in a week I will likely just get a queen.
~Matt