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Thanks!

We checked the new hive again yesterday and there is a queen! Not sure how we missed her before. Both of us looked for ages. Anyway, she seems to be laying now. There were cells in frames other than the one I put in there last week. That leads me to a question. Is it possible the old queen went back...

I was afraid of that. I will put in a frame with cells this afternoon and report back after the weekend. Thanks for your help!

Also, I just saw this site. You may already have this posted somewhere, but I thought I would pass it along.

http://www.takepart.com/save-our-bees


Thanks again!

Thanks for the link.
I just realized that I meant to say we split on May 24th not June 24th. I'm guessing that changes the answer...

Thanks, Wally! So, even if we don't see a queen in the new hive, she might be around somewhere? I think you told me at the last meeting that there was a site where I could calculate how long before we see each step...and I've forgotten the name of that site :oops: . Thanks again! We will try moving ...

Hi! We tried to split our hive on 6/24 (because there were supersedure cells in the original one) and we still don't have a queen (or cells or larva) in the new hive. There is very little capped brood left from what we moved in to the new hive and the queen cells that remain are just cups at this po...