tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753146644219366781.post4775361049159428190..comments2023-03-18T04:06:55.134-04:00Comments on CONCRETE to CHICKENS: Bees, Yeah! Bees, Aargh! Bees?The Haphazard Countrymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03589056719072610751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753146644219366781.post-66440376309478531482012-07-16T12:59:30.597-04:002012-07-16T12:59:30.597-04:00A laying worker is when a hive is queenless for a ...A laying worker is when a hive is queenless for a few weeks due to a number of possible reasons. Once the hive is queenless for a long time, one or more of the worker bees will start laying eggs, but they will all be unfertile since she was never mated. This causes all the eggs that do get fed and hatch to become drones. There will be no more worker bees and eventually the hive will die out because there will be no more bees to continue and the drones don't do anything.<br /><br />This is very difficult to fix and I got lucky using the method I mentioned in the post. If you look online, there are many other possible ways to "fix" a laying worker problem.The Haphazard Countrymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03589056719072610751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753146644219366781.post-47128582221528699942012-07-15T09:23:47.099-04:002012-07-15T09:23:47.099-04:00I've never heard of a laying worker, would you...I've never heard of a laying worker, would you mind explaining?Brandie Z.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02024113953733077235noreply@blogger.com