A fellow beekeeper, immeasurably more competent than I, accidentally killed his queen. The bees subsequently brought on a few queen cells to create a replacement. When he inspected the hive, he tore down all but one new queen cell... which he then broke as he reassembled the hive.
There but for the guilt of schadenfreude....
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I'm a new beekeeper as of this year. Two days ago I inspected the hive which is now two deeps full. I did not find the queen, but was not concerned because I saw eggs and larva. We added a queen excluder and a honey super. When I was done the whole front of the bottom deep was covered with bees. It is still like that two days later. Bees are coming and going, bringing in pollen and I assume nectar, but I never had so many clustering on the front of the hive. Is this a problem? Could I have killed the queen or something?
schadenfreude indeed! geez, this buddy of yours is really full of misfortunes! poor bee hive!
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