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Okay, I admit to being frankly puzzled. Last year, my bees were producing
queen cells in February. I lost a swarm out of it, in early March, by not
being diligent enough. This year, I haven't seen any attempts to try to
produce queen cells. The hive seems vigorous, but (I shouldn't complain!)
there are no signs of swarming behavior. Presumably, the swarm left a young
queen behind in the hive, when it left. She seems to be a good layer, and
drone production is down, too.
Weather has been unsettled here in California. Warm in mid-winter, then
cool in spring. Confused bees?
Is there some pheremonal reaction here, where the hive has decided it's got
a good queen and plenty of room, and hence doesn't need to spin off swarms?
I've never encountered a hive that didn't at least start queen cells, even
if they were destroyed later.
-Jane B. [[log in to unmask]]
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