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  • 18 Aug 2021 9:56 AM
    Reply # 10939642 on 10038730
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Jerry, requeening soonest this time of year makes the best sense. Did you look at Steve Gomes forum post that says he likely has local queens available thru August?

  • 21 Aug 2021 12:39 PM
    Reply # 10946682 on 10038730
    Deleted user

    I checked with Steve, unfortunately he doesn't have any queens left

  • 22 Aug 2021 8:42 AM
    Reply # 10948034 on 10038730
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    They were not able to do an emergency re-queen themselves? No queen cells?

    Are you certain there is no queen?

    Maybe you can find someone who has a viable queen cell you can add to your box, she will still have to survive mating. Perhaps that is what happened to your colony? (they superseded the queen and she did not make it back from mating.)

    Was your original queen older than 2 years?

    Last modified: 22 Aug 2021 8:46 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)
  • 23 Aug 2021 9:37 AM
    Reply # 10950629 on 10038730

    Did you try Thad at Starr Farms?

  • 23 Aug 2021 12:08 PM
    Reply # 10950984 on 10038730
    Deleted user

    Queen came with the nuc i bought this april.  I have not seen any eggs or larvae for several weeks and the last time i looked i only saw about half a frame of capped brood.  I did see what may have been a superseded cell at one point but i guess she didn't make it back.  I called Starr Farms today and they have some available.  I'll double check the hive for a queen again this weekend and if nothing found i'll drive down there and pick it up.

  • 14 Oct 2021 11:13 AM
    Reply # 11478614 on 10038730
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Did you resolve this Jerry?

    My queen recently stopped laying because they were honey bound (a cut out colony I fed up for winter). Turns out bees are hoarders and will merrily paint themselves right into a corner. I pulled the feeder and slipped in a frame of drawn comb and pollen started going in the front door again. I'll give them a week or 2 to dry out some of the feed they took in and get some space for brood on the frames. When the brood pattern gets more normal looking in that box I'll put on some 2:1 syrup if they seem light.

    Where the heck are they getting pollen right now?

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