I tried to re-queen a split, after an exhaustive search for a queen, I
ended up shaking out the hive before I put the cage in.  Inoticed thathe
bees were not biting the cage, but were feeding her, so I pulled out the
cork to expose the fondant.(16/05/04)  I did not pierce the cany, just
pulled the cork.  In Saturday, I checked the hive, cage empty, no queen, no
eggs.  I checked again yesterday, no eggs, but the bees are drawing out the
frames of foundation I added at the time of the split, and are leaving many
of the drawn cells empty in what would fit with a brood pattern.

I figure that there must be a queen that hatched somewhere between the 10th-
15th of May.  This would not be an issue, as I would prefer to have them
raise their own queen.  (the queen cells were very large, and well formed
at the time of the split.)

Should I try to get another queen in there, wait for the new queen to get
going, or put a frame of eggs from another hive in there to delay the onset
of laying workers?  There are only a few unhatched brood cells left
<20 /frame) left.

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