> >I am at a bit of a loss. I came across some colonies headed by new > Australian/Italians in > mid summer and found several with eggs only. No hatched brood. > Hi Claude, this is common in my area if colonies are starving for protein. The queens will lay, but the workers will eat the eggs. I have no idea if that is your situation. Randy Oliver *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html