Queen's Eggs that Fall to Hatch 

This queen's eggs don't seem to hatch at all. What's the trouble? 1. Is it possible for a queen to lay eggs that will hatch neither workers nor drones! 2. Have the bees been destroying the eggs as fast as they hatch? 3. Is the queen worthless, or will she turn out all right later on? 

Answers.— 1. Yes, the case you mention is one, and I had another case. Other cases have also been reported. But you're not likely to meet another of the kind if you die within a reasonable time. The case that came under my observation is the only one I ever met in 45 years' experience. 2. No, the workers are probably not in the least to blame. I don't know what the trouble is, but there is some defect about the queen that prevents even drones being reared from her eggs. 3. Worse than worthless. 

C. C. Miller, writing in the ABJ, 1906

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