&gt; order them a new queen online (retail price: $25 or so), and voila: two healthy hives.<p>Isn&#x27;t that actually quite tricky and not as easy as &quot;voila: two healthy hives&quot;? I read from time to time about people trying to recover hives after the queen dying &#x2F; being rejected and not always having great results. What&#x27;s the usual success ratio doing something like this?<p>Not sure I like the summary: &quot;Not only was there not a failure of bee-related markets, but they adapted quickly and effectively to the changes induced by the appearance of Colony Collapse Disorder.&quot; - we know lots of bees are dying, so we just make sure to get more of them. That&#x27;s exactly the approach of poor societies. Being able to not have lots of kids &quot;in case&quot; is a good indicator of healthy, rich population. So something is wrong - we can just throw money at it, but that&#x27;s a workaround.