> Charles (Rick) Grubbs wrote >I recently did a split on two hives, and introduced a queen in a cage >into the split. I examined the hive today and found the queen dead in >the cage My first question would be to ask why was the Queen dead? It is possible she was killed by an unknown virgin or workers who were installing a new Queen of their own. My advice would be to examine that hive very carefully before trying to install another queen. Or better still add a frame of eggs from hive one and watch to see what happens. **************************************************** * David Eyre 9 Progress Drive, Unit 2, * * The Beeworks, Orillia, Ontario, L3V 6H1. * * [log in to unmask] 705-326-7171 * * http://www.muskoka.net/~beeworks * * Agents for: E H Thorne & B J Sherriff UK. * ****************************************************