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Late mated queen
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<blockquote data-quote="kaihoka" data-source="post: 3708" data-attributes="member: 124"><p>i got two late queens end of march</p><p>one went into a queenless hive between two frames of open brood i had taken from another hive.</p><p>the other went into a weak hive after i squashed the queen.</p><p>i noticed that the weak hive was getting lots of attention from the other hives but no robbing frenzy and i had reduced the entrances.</p><p>i saw a handful of dead bees out the front one day so i lifted the two box hive and it was obviously empty.</p><p>i opened it up and there was a carpet of dead bees on the floor and a dead queen and a handful of bees.</p><p>i think it had starved.</p><p>it took about 10 days to go from two boxes full of honey to empty with stealth robbing.</p><p>so keep an eye on your nuc at this time of yr.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kaihoka, post: 3708, member: 124"] i got two late queens end of march one went into a queenless hive between two frames of open brood i had taken from another hive. the other went into a weak hive after i squashed the queen. i noticed that the weak hive was getting lots of attention from the other hives but no robbing frenzy and i had reduced the entrances. i saw a handful of dead bees out the front one day so i lifted the two box hive and it was obviously empty. i opened it up and there was a carpet of dead bees on the floor and a dead queen and a handful of bees. i think it had starved. it took about 10 days to go from two boxes full of honey to empty with stealth robbing. so keep an eye on your nuc at this time of yr. [/QUOTE]
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