Last week when our beekeeper Dave ( Baues Bee's ) came by last week to do some maintenance on the hive, he gave us the forlorn report: NO BROOD, THE QUEEN WAS DEAD.
Just when we thought we might be able to create a second hive with all overcrowding in the first.
That was very depressing. We wondered if we might be experiencing colony collapse disorder. There was no evidence trail to follow, he thought it could be pesticides, or just about anything. But the ray of hope was that the workers had FULL POLLEN SACS . He couldn't imagine them working this hard for a dead queen. He said they might be grooming a young lady bee for the new position.
We hoped & prayed and for fear of saying it out loud I decided to wait for the real news before reporting this story.
Soooo, Dave stopped by and took a peek, and there she was, in all her glory. at the risk of being premature: We got Brood, We Got Queen!!
Makes you wonder if the old Queen was just too staid in her ways & there was a coup d'etat??
If the 2nd hive starts growing, maybe we can assume that rumor...
You know those Royals...
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