# \#queens **URL:** https://forum.honeyflow.com/tag/queens/439.md [Latest](https://forum.honeyflow.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.honeyflow.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.honeyflow.com/tags.md) --- ## [First sighting of Queen! Ants!](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/first-sighting-of-queen-ants/40413)
**Author:** [@User13](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/User13)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2026, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/first-sighting-of-queen-ants/40413 "2026-05-28T00:29:40Z")
I finally found her. I saw her for just a couple seconds and then she just dissappeared in the rest of them. Why so shy? The bees were aggressive for about 10 mins and they just calmed way down even though I was only hal… --- ## [Timing of new QB establishing vs giving hive brood](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/timing-of-new-qb-establishing-vs-giving-hive-brood/39862)
**Author:** [@craig\_W](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/craig_W)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 4:30am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/timing-of-new-qb-establishing-vs-giving-hive-brood/39862 "2025-10-25T04:30:36Z")
Back again, So after leaving the hives for the last 2 weeks I have inspected both today. My smaller hive I spotted fresh eggs but only across 2 frames and combined would cover 1/3rd of one side of a frame. No QB spotted… --- ## [Queen stopped laying mid summer](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/queen-stopped-laying-mid-summer/39414)
**Author:** [@aflythe](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/aflythe)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/queen-stopped-laying-mid-summer/39414 "2025-07-08T06:46:09Z")
Hey all, first year Beek here with my first hive. I have the southern Italian breed and I love them. Ever since I got them they were always calm and never really flew around me when I opened it up. I have an issue now wi… --- ## [Am I Queenless after returning a swarm](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/am-i-queenless-after-returning-a-swarm/38289)
**Author:** [@Mikal](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Mikal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 6:42am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/am-i-queenless-after-returning-a-swarm/38289 "2025-01-26T06:42:02Z")
New beekeeper here, got my flow hive and a NUC just before Christmas 2024. All was going well, on advice of a mate I just had the brood box going with no super while the hive was young. I did inspections weekly for the f… --- ## [First queen photo, first inspection done](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/first-queen-photo-first-inspection-done/38188)
**Author:** [@Robert\_Thompson](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Robert_Thompson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/first-queen-photo-first-inspection-done/38188 "2025-01-09T00:49:43Z")
--- ## [First attempt to mark my queen- is it okay?](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/first-attempt-to-mark-my-queen-is-it-okay/37952)
**Author:** [@craig\_W](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/craig_W)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/first-attempt-to-mark-my-queen-is-it-okay/37952 "2024-11-23T13:23:39Z")
Hi all, I finally found my new homemade queen on the weekend. Was very excited to see her and see lots of solid brood pattern and next to no drones either. I tried to mark her using one of those disc type holders but I… --- ## [Two Queens in One Hive?](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/two-queens-in-one-hive/37923)
**Author:** [@ClintSC9](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/ClintSC9)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2024, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/two-queens-in-one-hive/37923 "2024-11-14T08:07:07Z")
In Brisbane, Queensland. Doing an inspection today on a hive that is the original of a split done two months ago, so still has our original one year old queen. However this morning we think we found a second queen. I h… --- ## [Beekeeping in Corona, Southern California? A queen was born, what to do next](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/beekeeping-in-corona-southern-california-a-queen-was-born-what-to-do-next/37908)
**Author:** [@Shaki](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Shaki)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/beekeeping-in-corona-southern-california-a-queen-was-born-what-to-do-next/37908 "2024-11-13T15:50:13Z")
I live in Corona California. Suburbia, back yard with one hive. It is 70-80 during the day and 41-50 at night right now. I am a new beekeeper. I started with a nuc and one brood box April 2024. Great harvest in July 35-4… --- ## [New beek running into queen/brood issues](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/new-beek-running-into-queen-brood-issues/37468)
**Author:** [@Metsker](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Metsker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 6:47am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/new-beek-running-into-queen-brood-issues/37468 "2024-08-21T06:47:17Z")
Long story, swarm, no queen, no brood, locals said wait, wait, there is probably a virgin in there…meanwhile, we got down to zero brood and still no queen. Bought a queen, they didn’t accept her, had to borrow a frame f… --- ## [Bee box 101 - how to and what the terms mean ? Brood , honey super , etc](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-box-101-how-to-and-what-the-terms-mean-brood-honey-super-etc/36855)
**Author:** [@BeeReal](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/BeeReal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-box-101-how-to-and-what-the-terms-mean-brood-honey-super-etc/36855 "2024-05-03T04:25:20Z")
Hello I’m new to bee keeping, what are the ins and outs of keeping. What are the terms , brood, honey super, ect . When ,where, why? From Start to harvest what do we need to accomplish. Bee keeping 101 basic process… Fro… --- ## [Replace the Queen?](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/replace-the-queen/35030)
**Author:** [@Solstice](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Solstice)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/replace-the-queen/35030 "2023-06-29T01:00:14Z")
I was looking through my hive and noticed a significant downgrade in the number of brood in my frames. A few weeks ago, I had a very consistent brood pattern, with a lot of worker brood in the center of the frames. You m… --- ## [Queen in super, what should I do?](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/queen-in-super-what-should-i-do/35133)
**Author:** [@Haleyschmalley](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Haleyschmalley)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/queen-in-super-what-should-i-do/35133 "2023-06-19T01:50:08Z")
I have my Queen excluder on but the queen bee still got in Super. Is this ok? Should I remove her and put her back in brood box? Thank you. --- ## [Dead Queen Found](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/dead-queen-found/34741)
**Author:** [@Salem](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Salem)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/dead-queen-found/34741 "2023-04-23T15:45:51Z")
Hello, I just found my queen on the ground in front of the hive. She wasn’t moving, and two other bees were near her investigating. Background info: My hive swarmed on March 28th, and I subsequently thinned the quee… --- ## [Brood inspection with Mira](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/brood-inspection-with-mira/33597)
**Author:** [@danika](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/danika)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/brood-inspection-with-mira/33597 "2022-09-09T04:29:16Z")
In this livestream, Cedar and Mira did a brood inspection and explored a lot of beekeeping topics, like queens that lay multiple eggs, foundationless beekeeping and urban beehives. We also saw some baby bees emerge from … --- ## [Is my hive Doomed](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/is-my-hive-doomed/33248)
**Author:** [@Mariner](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Mariner)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/is-my-hive-doomed/33248 "2022-06-25T21:20:49Z")
My hive is small, It was a small split form an expanding hive with the old queen being one we have. The hive is about 4 months old since we moved and housed them. Numbers have not increased dramatically over that time …