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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 9382" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>Under heavy flow conditions some queens will stop laying. If it was me I would just put a frame or two of brood from another hive into the hive you're not sure about but if it has sealed brood then it obviously had a queen and either still does or has a new Queen about to lay. As long as it's not an imminent danger of dying out I would just leave it alone for a few weeks. I definitely don't bother making room for the Queen to lay. With no laying Queen the brood nest often becomes completely clogged with pollen but when a new Queen starts to lay the bees will clean it out in fact that's one of the ways I check on whether a hive is truly queenless or not because if they have a new Queen about to lay you will find some areas cleaned out for her whereas a truly queenless hive will just be solid pollen and honey at this time of year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 9382, member: 207"] Under heavy flow conditions some queens will stop laying. If it was me I would just put a frame or two of brood from another hive into the hive you're not sure about but if it has sealed brood then it obviously had a queen and either still does or has a new Queen about to lay. As long as it's not an imminent danger of dying out I would just leave it alone for a few weeks. I definitely don't bother making room for the Queen to lay. With no laying Queen the brood nest often becomes completely clogged with pollen but when a new Queen starts to lay the bees will clean it out in fact that's one of the ways I check on whether a hive is truly queenless or not because if they have a new Queen about to lay you will find some areas cleaned out for her whereas a truly queenless hive will just be solid pollen and honey at this time of year. [/QUOTE]
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