>     Hello all.
>
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>     Any input, experts?
>
>     (I am a hobbyist with 4 years experience, but I havn't lost a
>     queen yet ... til now, darnit.)
>
>     Mark Egloff
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>
>
Hi Mark;
 
        As your hive of bees did not fly to their queen, and I presume that
she was mated from this hive, she will probably return, relax, and in a week
to ten days examine the brood chamber for hatching eggs, if no eggs place a
queen cell into the hive or requeen.
Thanks from :
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                 http://www.eastend.com.au/~goble
            [log in to unmask] ( David Goble )
           American Beach Kangaroo Island South Australia