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>Wondering now if this was due to a queen mating with mostly drones from the same colony as was quite different than drone laying patterns I've seen from failing queens or laying workers.  It is possible the bees replaced the initial starting queen and saved me the trouble of replacement.

No, it would not be.  The workers eat the diploid drone larvae within a few hours of them "hatching".  They can be raised in the lab, but not in the colony.

deknow

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