I often start a blog, possibly finish it but then forget about it.
This is one of those blogs,
Although our Queen seems to live for ever, honey bee queen have a shortish life.
She can live between 3 and 5 years although once she reaches 3 she starts to be lose it a bit and she starts laying just male drone eggs rather than a mixture of drones and workers, which is not a good idea ,so she has to be replaced.
Also she can just die or perhaps a queen doesn't return during the swarming season.
It is possible just to let the bees develop a new queen on their own but I decided to use some of the vast cash reserves North Bedfordshire Honey has accumulated in its secret offshore tax haven to buy two new ones.
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