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>The affected hive appears queenless, no queen, no brood, no larvae...but
lots and lots of bees, with what appears to be average stores.

Grant, if the bees are in cluster (as opposed to scattered) and acting
"happy," I would strongly suspect that a queen was present, and that the
colony had simply shut down early for winter.  I'm seeing a fair amount of
this this fall, and we do find the queen when we look.

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Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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