>years ago I started to evaluate the queens that I was getting.I would try>
>                          QUEEN AND COLONY BEHAVIOR
>
>     1. Colony "noise" or sent fanning within the hive.
>     2. Queen loss.
>     3. Was queen lost within three to five weeks after introduction?
>     4. Are bees , moving slowly, or "runing" off the brood to the edges
>of the frames.
>     5. Bees paying little attention to the queen, the queen seen by
>herself on the comb.
>     6.Spotty brood patterns.
>     7. Slightly bullet shaped worker brood cell caps.
>     8. Very slow buildup.
>     9. Bees do not cluster properly, in temperstures below 55 F.
>     10. Bee temperment.  Mild____    .Aggressive______..
>  Has anyone noticed a queen problem with supersedure or bees making more
>noise than normal.
 
It seems to me that you have problems with your breeders!!!
        No: 1    Somtimes caused by a badly mated Queen or the Queen absent.
        No: 2, 3,       Superscedure is usually caused by something the bees
detect,
                            Ovaries damaged by Nosema, poor mating, Under
fed by weak
                            cell builders producing weak Queens.
        No: 4   Poorly selected stock, this Queen should not be a breeder Queen.
        No: 5   Caused by low or missing Queen pheromones (see No:4)
        No:6,7. Poor diversity ie.close relation mating.
        No. 8   Weak Queen, poor stock.
        No: 9   Bees bred in Southern climate will not do well in colder areas.
Regretfully the drive for profit produces an evil master!!
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