Hi All,
 
I wrote using this subject line on Wednesday with concerns that one of my
two newbie hives might be queenless a few days after installation of a
package and queen. The list provided lots of helpful advice, for which I am
grateful.
 
I'm also grateful that inspection of my hives today revealed lots of eggs
and some larvae in the hive I was worried about. There were LOTS of eggs on
both sides of one of the central frames, laid in one cell right after
another, dead center in the bottom of each cell -- so I'm pretty confident
I have a productive queen rather than laying workers. The other hive
actually had capped brood on both sides of the central frame!
 
Thanks again to those who offerd advice. I find this list a great help --
and considerably entertaining, to boot!
 
Greg
 
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Greg Hankins                       Mt. Gilead, NC
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