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[Randall Austin <s.randall.austin AT gmail.com>]

Kim,

Was the queen there on April 16? If so, the best guess is that they 
swarmed and you are now in "The Twilight Zone" between having any brood 
and seeing evidence of the new queen. I would give them another week, at 
least. And/or take a frame of eggs from another hive, give it to this 
one and see if they make queen cells (which would indicate that they are 
in fact queenless).

As far as queens, Bailey Bee Supply in Hillsborough has Georgia queens 
in stock and will continue to get new ones weekly all through the 
season. Call first because they often sell out before the end of the week.

Randall


On 5/18/2017 2:14 PM, Kim Buchanan wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> I have a hive that has NO brood - capped or not, and no queen. We last 
> checked them April 16, and hoped they would have created a queen, but 
> there is no evidence that they have. (Don't see any queen cells). Does 
> anyone have a queen for sale? If so, and you can bring it to the 
> meeting tonight, I would love to buy her from you.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kim