Never thought I’d see this…
Caught a hive last spring. It was a strong hive, with good honey harvest. Towards the end of summer, it split with a swarm. Might have swarmed twice. Hard to know. Thought the hive was doomed. After a few months, the bees were still active and bringing pollen in occasionally. 2 months ago i peeked into the view window and saw some drones! Crap! I figured hive was queen less and workers layed eggs in super.
Today it was warming up, so decided to open hive to take a look. Lo and behold, I found the queen up in the super! Crazy. I was able to move her down into the brood box, and many bees followed. Hopefully, this is a success!
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