If a hive has a queen that lays an inordinate amount of drones, what is the chance that the colony will kill the queen and make one to replace her? The reason I ask is because I have a hive in which there was lots and lots of drone brood in late March. Within a week or two of noticing this, there didn't appear to be any queen at all, then when I inspected the hive thoroughly, I found a single queen cell that was torn at the bottom, and now, there is a queen laying again. I'm just wondering if the death of the previous queen was likely a fluke/ accident, or if the bees will replace a queen who is a heavy drone-layer.