In a message dated 10/09/2009 15:03:05 GMT Daylight Time,  
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most CCD  hives still have the queen and a small retinue of young bees 
- and yes, in  our colonies, its the original queen, not her  replacement.



That was what happened with mine. On the last occasion, about 3 years ago,  
I transferred the queen to another colony that needed one and she did very 
well  the following year.  The other 2 occasions were in the 1990s.
 
Chris

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