Queenless hives

[rodmaker]

   Well i opened up both of the hives that used to e queen less and both had a beautiful queen and one and a half frames of eggs and larva so it appears both seem to have raised and excepted a new queen. Both of these hives had laying workers and both raised a new queen after the second frame of brood was added each one week apart . This was probably just dumb luck because i still have a lot i don't know about bees . But this experiment was very enjoyable.

[LazyBkpr]

I doubt it was dumb luck Rodmaker. Despite not having confidence in WHAT you were doing, you still did the right thing at the right time. By guess or by golly, it worked. Take credit where credit is due!!

[rodmaker]

    Both hives now have at least eight frames of brood so i will not be afraid to try to save a hive that has gone laying worker over the winter again . All i did was give each hive one frame of brood  an then the next week give them another frame and they did all the work .