Question from a second year newbee. Today I went out to requeen 2 hives that had 2 year old queens. Hive #1 had an enormous amount of bees despite being split hard this spring and using foundation in the upper deep. I even think it may have swarmed after the split. Lots of brood and several frames of honey in the upper deep. It was doing so well I couldn't bring myself to replace the queen and instead used several frames to make up a nuc for the queen I had in hand. Hive #2 was not split this spring and seemed to come through the winter ok. When I went in to find the queen I pulled out frame after frame filled with capped brood. The upper deep had about 80% capped and maybe 20% uncapped brood easily equal to 9 frames of brood but no honey. When I went in to the lower deep more capped brood and again very little honey. There was a frame or more of pollen. This hive had plenty of bees present. I went ahead and replaced the queen despite all of the capped brood. Hopefully she will take with all the bees present. I will wait a little later in the year to requeen in the future. My question is, should I be concerned with the lack of stores in hive #2? Golden rod is in full blume and our killing frost date is around the middle of October. The bees are also hitting the over ripe pears that we have in abundance. This summer was wet and local honey yields are very low. My wife continually tells me to leave them alone, they know what they are doing:) Glenn :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: -- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/BEE-L for rules, FAQ and other info --- ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::