Read this on another blog:
"[The hive] had far too many drones, and some spotty drone babies still hatching out. That’s a good sign that there is no queen in the hive, as the Queen is the only bee in the hive that has the ability to lay worker-bee -or Fertilized- eggs. The worker bees can lay unfertilized eggs that turn into drones. There are many reasons why a Queen could have died. She could have been squished by a clumsy beekeeper (gasp! Never!) or munched by a wasp, or she could have swarmed late in the year and the bees didn’t have enough time to raise another Queen before the cold wet weather comes."
I know we saw the queen a month ago, but missed her the last few times, and I wonder at the crazy high number of drones we saw today, it's really outta control, far too many.
will seek more info,
-=pj=-
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