I did a two frame split from of one my hives that made it through
another Michigan winter on Friday, April 21, and introduced a new
queen on Tuesday, April 25. I checked the hive today and the queen
has been released but I couldn't finder her. I went through each
frame a couple of times but still didn't finder her. Not uncommon for
me though. While looking through the hive I noticed a couple of bees
with deformed wings. I have to assume they came from the hive I split
from. I remember reading about deformed bees about three years ago
and for the life me I can't remember what was identified as the
cause. Can someone refresh my memory and recommend other things to
look for and/or treatment of the hive?

Randy Coleman
Southern Michigan