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Date: | Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:36:41 -0400 |
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So, have 2 hives, both from packages with Russian Carniolan queens, one started last year, one started this year. In my newer hive, I had low mites (2 on 300 bee sugar roll) and decided to throw on a half MAQS treatment. I went through the frames a week after I removed the strip and the entire broodnest was completely devoid of any brood, larvae, or eggs. The other hive got a fill dose of MAQS and I found the full gamut of brood in that hive. I was quite concerned, however a week later (Sunday) I found eggs. It remains to be seen if my queen stopped laying, got superceeded, or swarmed. She's marked so I'll know the deal if I find her in a couple weeks. I didn't find any queen cells (neither capped nor just emerged from) when I went through the frames the day I found no brood. I have talked to another beekeeper in our area (SF bay) who has noticed some of her queens will stop laying for a while in the summer. This might also be a way that the queen/hive is interrupting the mite reproduction cycle. If I find my marked queen I'll make a separate post about it if people think it's interesting. Mark
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