I need a queen now!

[Blackbird]

Does anyone know who has queens available right now for delivery? I just discovered my hive must have swarmed and looks to be quite queen less. I want to get a new queen in there before I get laying workers or simply replace the swarm queen if there is one in there. It seems everyone I call has ship dates like three weeks out. I prefer to order from California but it is not necessary.

[Understudy]

There are a lot of queen sellers in Cal.
If you can find a copy of Bee Culture or American Bee Journal you will find plenty. Mine is in my car. I will have to look a bit later for names.

Sincerely,
Brendhan

[Blackbird]

I have the ABJ, I have called so many places in there but the all have far off shiping dates. I need someone who can ship this week.

[Understudy]

Can you put a frame of brood in the swarm hive? They will then make their own queen.

Sincerely,
Brendhan

[Blackbird]

I don't have any brood. My two other hives are brand new packages just installed on Saturday. Maybe I can try to get some brood from a local beekeeper though. Thanks for that idea.

[ZuniBee]

I got an email from a place in North Carolina. It is far from California but if they can ship you might get it faster.....

BusybeeofNC at bellsouth.net (replace the at with @)
919-942-2006

[Mici]

ermmm, doesn't the hive swarm before the new queen emerges?
you should have a few queen cells inside the hive you know... or what was the case with that swarm? wouldn't it be called absconding if there's no queen cell inside the hive?

[pdmattox]

Do you have any brood in the hive?  eggs?

[Blackbird]

When I looked in the hive there was one possible queen cell in there. However not one single cell with brood either covered or not. I can wait and see what happens with this queen cell that is in there but I have had bad experiences with this situation. I would rather  replace her if there is a she to replace.