Can I save my queen

[deemann1]

Was checking all my colonies for stores today and one nuc with a clear crown board I noticed no activity inside , it was a dead out only a small few dead bees left in frames with there butts sticking out and no stores around them but I had fondant on top of frames but they never moved up for it ,pity.in amongst a tiny cluster I noticed the queen so I put her in my pocket .anyway I cleaned out nuc and headed home ,, to my amazement the queen I put on the dash when I was driving home started moving, I gave her a drop of honey and left her in hot press... she is now full of life running around. Can I save her majesty ?????

 

[DaveG23]

Did the colony die out because she stopped laying? I have one like that last winter, queen was still alive with only a few bees in early spring. She wasn't laying so nothing to be done in my case

 

[Millet]

I see little point in saving the Queen..Humanly dispatch and move on..

 

[deemann1]

Did the colony die out because she stopped laying? I have one like that last winter, queen was still alive with only a few bees in early spring. She wasn't laying so nothing to be done in my case

Quite the opposite there was a full frame of brood in there but no bees to support the brood, strange one

 

[For want of a better word]

Quite the opposite there was a full frame of brood in there but no bees to support the brood, strange one

Something amiss.... put her in the freezer and used her as swarm bait this season!

 

[Erichalfbee]

Quite the opposite there was a full frame of brood in there but no bees to support the brood, strange one

Capped?

 

[deemann1]

Capped?

Yes

 

[Erichalfbee]

Yes

So the queen might well have failed some time ago and the bees dwindled away

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

could even be Nosema ceranae, combination of queen slowing down and worker bees forgetting their way back to the hive.