I have one of my tbh colonies that appears to be hopelessly queenless.  I
am curious about the incidence with which this might occur.  Suppose a
beekeeper has 100 colonies of Italian bees, queens of mixed ages, etc.
In the course of a season, how many of the colonies could be expected to
become hopelessly queenless?
 
I realize that there are many variables involved here: location, skill of
the beekeeper, disease incidence, etc., so that the incidence should vary
from place to place.  Initial quality of the queen would probably be a
large factor also.
 
If you wish to offer an opinion or have some data on this issue, please
email me directly, and I'll summarize the replies should it not be
desirable to start a thread on this topic.
 
Cordially yours,
 
Jim
 
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