J Troyer wrote: > > Friends, > > Another bee mystery to unravel.. Last summer we found a queenless > hive-no brood, few bees. Pretty dismal thing. We became busy and > forgot to check on it for two to three weeks. We went back, expecting > to find a hive of wax moths, and found a thriving colony of bees. Good > laying queen, good brood pattern. Since it was so late in the season we > doubt that it was a swarm. Any ideas? Thanks, JT It has been reported although far fetched, that bees will some times steal an egg from another hive and raise a new queen with it. There was a genral discussion back on the group about such things check out the archives Dave verville