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Zelig

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How to safely introduce a new queen if the queen dies and the drones have elevated a worker to queen status who will only be able to produce drone brood.
I could introduce brood from another hive I suppose but don’t want to get into the hive that deeply at this time of year.

Zelig
 
It is very unlikely you will succeed at this time of year. Drone laying colonies arr v difficult to requeen in spring/summer when it's warmer. There are tricks but they involve lots of manipulations and often are a waste of time.

Most people shake out bees and remove hive so bees enter other colonies.. at this time of year that is unlikely to be viable due to temperatures.

The problem is drone layers will kill any new queen - so you need to protect her with bees used to her to feed her and let the colony get used to her scent.

A difficult job in summer - virtually impossible now.
 
It is very unlikely you will succeed at this time of year. Drone laying colonies arr v difficult to requeen in spring/summer when it's warmer. There are tricks but they involve lots of manipulations and often are a waste of time.

Most people shake out bees and remove hive so bees enter other colonies.. at this time of year that is unlikely to be viable due to temperatures.

The problem is drone layers will kill any new queen - so you need to protect her with bees used to her to feed her and let the colony get used to her scent.

A difficult job in summer - virtually impossible now.

If it is a drone laying Queen the job will be easier but if it is laying workers you have hit the nail on the head..i have had three laying worker colonies to date and no matter what i did to try and fix them nothing worked..the best thing i did with them was shake them out in the middle of four hives July / August time...i had two drone laying Queens last year..they are really hard to find but once found and removed one colony was Re Queened and the other united to another colony...all in summer time though..
 

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