> In reality I have been so far behind on things lately that the only way I will ultimately know if those divides have queens or not will be to see which ones are still alive a month from now.

I agree with Jeremy. At some point, you have to say: that isn't worth the time it takes. I have other things to do.

They say that beekeepers spend 90% of their time on 10% of their hives. So the choice becomes, do you want to spend that time checking for duds, or doing something more productive, like raising queens, or what have you?

Pete -- formerly, a commercial beekeeper with not enough hours in the day. 

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