Open & Inspect - Step 20 - Beekeeping Supplies Protective Clothing Beekeeping Equipment

These close inspections of the frames should certainly reveal evidence of the queen, as shown in this beautiful frame, in the form of eggs, larvae and capped brood. However, if your goal is to find the queen herself, you should closely inspect each brood frame until you find her. You can locate her more readily if she is marked, as shown here. If you live in an Africanized Honey Bee (AHB) area, it is more important to have the original queen marked and to locate the queen in your inspections. Locating your own queen is an assurance that have hive hasn't swarmed or been invaded by AHBs. If you have an AHB hive, you have big trouble. If you can't locate your queen either directly or through the presence of eggs, you should immediately replace the queen with one from known, gentle stock.