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  1. dearl

    Queenless colony rejects two new queens

    Just to let you know how this turned out.... No great surprise but the colony was definitely queenless and eventually the workers started to lay. Oh well, starting again with a swarm next year it is. Thanks again for the advice.
  2. dearl

    Queenless colony rejects two new queens

    I went through the colony again this afternoon. Couldn't find a queen of any sort in there. I did see a couple of drones too and they're usually kicked out by now if all is well. I'll check again next weekend the suggestion about there being a queen in there still seems to make the most sense...
  3. dearl

    Queenless colony rejects two new queens

    Thanks all. I will go through them again to see if I can find an unmated queen in there. I have seen drones up until fairly recently but there's no eggs anywhere and I would have thought another queen world have had time to mate and start laying by now. I only have the one hive. I'm aware of...
  4. dearl

    Queenless colony rejects two new queens

    Old queen culled in July. I know mid summer is not the best time to requeen but their aggression left me no choice really. I removed all queen cells, shook bees of all frames so I know they were in a hopeless position. There are no eggs in the brood box and none in the supers (from workers)...
  5. dearl

    Queenless colony rejects two new queens

    Hi all, I have a colony that turned very defensive this year. They became unworkable and started to sting passers by. I culled the old queen and left them until they were hopelessly queenless; no eggs or larvae etc. I introduced a new queen slowly; a couple of days with the plastic tab in...
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