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MikeWaters · 05-20-2007, 12:01 AM

I opened up the hive today. I found the queen. However this queen did not have a paint spot on it. The last time I saw the original queen, half the paint spot had come off.

So I wasn't sure if this paintless queen is the original or a new one.

However, disturbingly, there was almost no brood.

Based on these two facts, it is most likely that my original queen is gone. She flew off with some bees, leading to the hive creating a new queen, or she died.

If this is in fact a new queen, my hive has superceded.

So the new progeny will be half SMR and half something else (from up in the nether where the drones fly).

No brood is doing to set my hive back two or three weeks.

05-20-2007, 12:01 AM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Ding Dong, the Queen is Dead I opened up the hive today. I found the queen. However this queen did not have a paint spot on it. The last time I saw the original queen, half the paint spot had come off. So I wasn't sure if this paintless queen is the original or a new one. However, disturbingly, there was almost no brood. Based on these two facts, it is most likely that my original queen is gone. She flew off with some bees, leading to the hive creating a new queen, or she died. If this is in fact a new queen, my hive has superceded. So the new progeny will be half SMR and half something else (from up in the nether where the drones fly). No brood is doing to set my hive back two or three weeks.