In case you have not followed this string let me fill you in.  I think I
may have killed my queen. :-(  It was suggested that I take a look and see
what's happening inside the hive a few days later and look for new
eggs.....
 
I looked today (this is 1 week after the incident).  What I found was larva
and capped brood in the brood chamber that the queen was (?) in and no
queen cells.    Now two chambers above in a shallow box meant for honey I
found lots of large capped brood cells (mabey drones ?) and allot of larva
and regular size capped brood.  As for the middle box it was just being
filled with honey and I found no evidence of brood there.
 
My bees are Caucasian and usually very docile but today there were quite
aggressive and I had to use smoke (something I rarely do).
 
Soooo.......what's the verdict?  do I get a new queen or what?
 
Thanks for all your help, from a newbee.
 
 
In Him,
 
Elizabeth M. Bowles
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Missouri, USA