Just examined a hive of laying workers
My first observation was that there were wax moth larvae small white wormlike
things in the cells.
On a closer look this turned out to be 2-3 eggs end to end on the cell walls.
This is a hive which no matter what I did would not allow itself to be
requeened nor would it raise it's own .
I tried queen cage introduction, frames of eggs and brood, nuc and newspaper,
all to no avail.
In any case laying workers is a lot more obvious once you have seen it up
close and personal.
When I pull some supers next week the laying worker hive will get broken down
and it's full combs of honey will be given to other hives it's bees will be
given to the four winds.
 
Tom in CT