> The thing that I found odd was the fact that I found three small patches
> of eggs each about 1 - 2  inches in diameter, and each on a different
> frame. This was a new package, so she had to have laid them. What could
> have happened to her?
 
Stray queens sometimes arrive in packages with the bees.  This is not to
say that this is what happened here tho'.  I don't know.
 
It is strange that sometimes a queen simply will not leave a queen cage.
I have gone back after three weeks to find a queen still in the cage and
all the candy eaten out.
 
Allen