JGARZASR; i LIVED IN MICH. UNTIL I COULD NOT AFFORD THE TAXES. i ALSO WAS A BEEKEEPER THERE. I NEVER REQUEENED AFTER THE MIDDLE OF AUG. IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH A COLONY BEING QUEENLESS, COMBINE IT WITH ONE MORE WEAKER COLONIES. AT THIS TIME OF YEAR IN MICH. IF YOU COMBINE COLONIES THERE A CHANCE THEY WILL NOT ACCEPT EACH OTHER. I ALWAYS MADE UP A FEW NUCS IN JULY FROM QUEEN CELLS, THEN IF I NEEDED A QUEEN I HAD IT. IF I DIDN'T NEED THEM I WOULD PUT THEM IN A DEEP BROOD CHAMBER WITH COMB AND HONEY, THEN IF NEEDED PUT A SUPER OF HONEY ON THEM FOR THE WINTER. A GOOD SOURCE OF ITALIAN QUEENS PORTER FARMS IN SOUTH CAROLINA CEF