A Dead Queen

The queen was alive when she was installed. She never made it out of the cage. I think we need to reconsider the bottom loading-on-a-stick method.


There are no queens for sale locally. None will be available until about May. Doug and I will deal with this in one of two ways. We could combine this hive with one of his until a queen becomes available and we can split it out again. Or, an option posted by one of my fellow beekeepers is to take a frame of newly laid eggs and let the bees make their own queen. I like the last option best.