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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 9473" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>There is a queen in one of the photos. She looks alright and maybe a supersedure Queen but chances are she is a drone layer as what little brood there is is all drone brood. I would check to see if there is some new eggs with a better laying pattern and if there isn't I would kill the Queen. The hive is not being robbed but it is very weak and definitely vulnerable to robbing. It would be unlikely to survive without intervention even if there is a good new Queen and as a minimum I would add a few frames of brood and bees to build it up.</p><p>Drone layers are something that just happens and are not the fault of the beekeeper. I can do 50 hives in a day and not see one and then get two in a row.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 9473, member: 207"] There is a queen in one of the photos. She looks alright and maybe a supersedure Queen but chances are she is a drone layer as what little brood there is is all drone brood. I would check to see if there is some new eggs with a better laying pattern and if there isn't I would kill the Queen. The hive is not being robbed but it is very weak and definitely vulnerable to robbing. It would be unlikely to survive without intervention even if there is a good new Queen and as a minimum I would add a few frames of brood and bees to build it up. Drone layers are something that just happens and are not the fault of the beekeeper. I can do 50 hives in a day and not see one and then get two in a row. [/QUOTE]
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