Just got back from taking the entire east hive apart. There is no queen. There was some drone larvae and so I broke the whole thing apart walked it across the field and only let bees that could fly go back into the hive.
Hopefully, whatever laying worker(s) had deposited those drones are gone. There were no queen cells. Nothing. Nada.
If I put in a new queen, and the laying workers are still there, they will kill her.
I'm thinking I'll merge this hive with my strong hive thru newspaper. Then, if the hive continues strong I'll split after the flow is over and I've extracted on the 4th of July.
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