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[Robert Brauer <rwbrauer AT gmail.com>]

Hi all ... I installed two packages on 3/29.  At this point, one seems to be doing great and the other is missing its queen.  I checked the hive on 4/24 and again today (4/29) and can see no evidence of a queen, eggs or open brood.  

Should I ...

1) Bite the bullet and buy a queen for this hive to try and salvage it? 

2) Swap a frame with eggs from my healthy hive in hope that they will make a new queen?  I'm worried that the clock is ticking on the original bees and there might not be enough time for this approach.  

Thanks for any advise you can provide.

    Bob