During today inspection I found my queen barely alive and dying, by the time inspection was over she die.
Also found 4 queen cells with one that seem to have emerged, I tell you as I was sitting there I can here like this low pitch alarm sounds coming from inside the hive, could that sound be a new virgin queen doing her round and eliminating her rival?
This queen has a very small abdomen. My guess is that it is a virgin queen that lost the battle for dominance. A mated laying queen should be much larger then this.
