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At 10:21 PM 4/29/97 +0100, you wrote:
>I installed two 3-lb packages in two Lang hive bodies Saturday a week ago.
>First inspection, on the following Thursday, found both queens released,
>though still hanging about in the queen cage. One (Queen of the B-Hive)
>exited the cage during my inspection, so I removed the cage. I replaced the
>other cage as I found it, with the queen (Queen of the A-Hive) still inside.
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>Just watching the hive entrances, there seemed to be very little purposeful
>activity the first week -- just lots of milling about in front of the hive.
>But today (Tuesday, ten days out) there was serious-looking goings and
>comings (and full pollen baskets among the latter).
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>Opening B-Hive I found comb being drawn on about six of the ten frames and
>pollen being placed in cells. I saw no eggs or larvae (though it was late
>afternoon, and my manual said eggs could be hard to see). Though not
>looking for her, I spotted the queen, who appeared to be walking around
>with no particular purpose in mind.
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>In A-Hive I found no eggs or larvae. Pollen was in cells, as well as more
>nectar/syrup in cells than in B-Hive. I did not happen upon the A-Queen. I
>did find a couple of odd-shaped hood-like projections extending out from
>cells on one frame.
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>Questions:
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>Should a check this coming weekend reveal eggs or larvae? If not, what
>should I suspect/do?
>
>Those odd hodd-shaped things in A-Hive weren't some nascent queen cells
>that indicate the A-queen is no longer in evidence, are they?
>
>I'm attempting mightily to be non-paranoid about all this. I've read at
>least a dozen books (I'm obsessive that way). But it could be time for
>someone to say, "Don't worry, just check on things this weekend."
>
>Greg
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>Greg Hankins Mt. Gilead, NC
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Sounds like you have qeen cells developing. If the queen is still in the
hive they will make a new queen. If the queen is not in the hive you will
have to replace her. If you don't find her in a few days get another one to
put in the hive.
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