I'm not sure I have a queen anymore. I have a lot of bees right now, and a lot of honey and nectar. In fact, the second deep was way too heavy for me to lift so I removed all but three frames from there to move it. Then I decided to add a third deep since there was so little room in the second. They haven't made much headway in the super I added but I also added that to the top. Right now, I just wanted to give them room to grow....hoping there is a queen somewhere that I may have missed.
I saw very little brood, but did see some eggs on a few frames. I also saw some empty cells with black dot in them. I wonder if they were mites. I just fear that I could be drone heavy again. I'm not sure.
But I did what I could for now as I'm heading to vacation and won't have time to deal with anything more than what I did today. I checked all boxes and all frames today and cleaned out any comb not needed.
When I get back in a week or so, I plan to do a mite check and an oxalic acid treatment if needed then. I am not going to get a queen. Seems to me the norm of the life of a queen should last more than 2 months!
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