June 7. No brood and no queen

 I did a hive check because I wanted to check the supers to see how they were filling up.  Then I decided to get to the lower deep to see eggs because I didn't see any in the upper chambers.  Nothing I could see.  

So I went to get a queen.  35 minutes later the queen looked half dead and sure enough was totally dead this morning.  I should have closely inspected it to make sure it was lively.  I doubt it was.  Money down the drain.

So next morning, today, I got another queen from a local person and this queen is feisty!  Also the beekeeper insisted I check it before leaving.

So, queen is in the hive in a cage and I will release her on Friday.  Fingers crossed.

Meanwhile the honey supers are getting full as are the frames in the upper deep which is honey for the bees.  Honey is the supers will be mine.  I will take out full frames and freeze them until cooler weather.