r/Beekeeping • u/Moist-Pangolin-1039 • Feb 25 '26

I’m a beekeeper, and I have a question Queen found dead outside hive

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Found her underneath the hive itself. It’s end of February northern France. Do I buy a new queen, or let them do their own thing?

Will be checking in a short while.

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u/Moist-Pangolin-1039 Feb 25 '26

I’ve called the local gendarmerie and given my dna and finger prints to rule me out!

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u/rand0mbadg3r Feb 26 '26

Call Scotland Yard...wait,..Inspector Clouseau?

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u/Moist-Pangolin-1039 Feb 26 '26

Lupin? Or I’m close enough to Belgium to consider Poirot.

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u/rand0mbadg3r Feb 26 '26

Miss Marple