Huguet - Sumner wrote:
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> Question to anyone. I found one of my hives queen and with no brood, not =
> even any drone cells (from laying workers). So I introduced three frames =
> of 1-3 day old brood. Now two weeks later I can only find one queen =
> cell. I always thought they would produce at least a few queen cells? Is =
> this unique?
No! Maybe the bees only thought the need to draw one queen cell. I have
noticed the last few years that when bees swarm the colony remaining
hasn't allways raised a queen. I allways blammed the situation on the
fact the queen stops laying prior to swarming so thought maybe the bees
thought the larva were to old. I really can't say for sure in your case
but pointing out a couple possibilites.
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> One more question. I have some Terramycin that is now 3 years old. It =
> has been stored in my shed over the past two winters. Does age or cold =
> New England winters have any effect on it's life span?
I think both could. I wouldn't use Terramycin which is past the expire
date on package. You said winters . I might wonder more about the heats
effect on the package. If worried why take a chance?
Bob Harrison
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