> Charles (Rick) Grubbs wrote
>I recently did a split on two hives, and introduced a queen in a cage
>into the split. I examined the hive today and found the queen dead in
>the cage
 
My first question would be to ask why was the Queen dead? It is possible she
was killed by an unknown virgin or workers who were installing a new Queen
of their own. My advice would be to examine that hive very carefully before
trying to install another queen. Or better still add a frame of eggs from
hive one and watch to see what happens.
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