Scott,
Several weeks one of my hives had a Queen that just "stopped laying" as
you described.  I questioned the list about this but did not get any
consistent replies.
In my case I saw the queen so I was sure she was present. And while my
other queens had slowed down their laying, they were still producing
eggs. I waited about 2 weeks and checked again, still no eggs or brood,
so I added a frame of brood and a queen from an observation hive I had.
After  about 10 days I checked again, the new queen was gone, the old
queen still present and still no eggs or brood. I also noticed some
supercedure cells on the frame I had added. I decided the old queen was
no good and ordered a new queen. A week ago I opened the hive, located
the old queen and a newly hatched virgin queen and crushed them both to
the new queens cage and placed the cage into the hive. Yesterday I
checked and found the new queen present, accepted and laying a nice small
brood pattern. I hope this helps.
 
Greg Z
Mystic, CT
 
On Thu, 15 Oct 1998 20:31:58 -0700 Buck Rut <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>Greetings fellow Beekeepers,
>     This has been my first year  as a beekeeper.  It has been
>fascinating and satisfying.  I am eagerly looking forward to next
>year.
>     My question is this.  I live in the metro St. Louis area.  Most
>flows are over, and temps are cooling.  I got into my 4 hives this
>evening.  One hive still had some eggs and brood.  The 3 others showed
>no eggs, and no brood.  I thought the queens slowed down laying this
>time of year, but am concerned about finding no eggs or brood in the
>other 3 hives. I didnt have time to go queen searching, but all hives
>were queenright 2 weeks ago.  Do the queens quit laying completely?
>Thanks for any light you are able to shed on this matter
>
>Scott Moser
>Moser's Apiary
>Cedar Hill, MO.
>
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