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2 posts tagged queen.

After You Lose a Queen: Which Days to Look, and What Counts as Bad News

Jul 30, 2026 · 9 min read

A queenless colony gives you two dates that actually change the decision, and about three weeks of watching in between. Here is the calendar, what to look for on each visit, and why opening the box early is the expensive mistake.

Multiple Eggs Per Cell: Laying Workers, or a Queen Who Just Started?

Jul 29, 2026 · 7 min read

Both look wrong in the same way, and the fix for one is the worst thing you can do to the other. Here is the differential, the single check that settles it, and why I unite the colony over newspaper with a queenright hive rather than requeening it or shaking it out.