I had a colony that died out just before Christmas that, although
queenright, had had no brood since before I first looked at it on 10th April when I
thought it was queenless. I found the marked queen on a subsequent examination
on 15th April. They rejected all attempts to requeen, including running in a
virgin and there were no laying workers. So when they finally died some of
the workers must have been at least 9 months old.
Chris
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