The weather has been cool and wet here on the coast. As a result I found one of our smaller colonies, caught as a cast swarm a few weeks ago, with a lot of brood in all stages, some pollen and no nectar or honey to feed the colony. The fact that I could not find the queen at first and found 2 eggs in some cells complicated things even more. Thinking that the hive might have become queen less, I started preparations to combine it with another colony.
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