I have heard of laying workers depositing multiple eggs in cells, but I have
what appears to be a healthy queen doing this.
I purchased this queen last August, so she's less than a year old. She's
marked so I know she's the same one. The colony dwindled more than usual
over winter (as did my other two), with probably fewer than 5000 bees left.
I'm seeing a good brood pattern (all worker),but where I see eggs there are
two or more in almost every cell, and some with five or six.
Can anyone tell me what causes this?

Eugene Makovec
Kirkwood, Missouri USA

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