Call your bee supplier to request purchasing a new queen.
Take an empty jar with a lid that has holes in it with you to obtain the queen at the time of purchase.
Place the queen cage in the jar with several workers in the jar to care for the queen.
When temperatures are 50* or warmer, hang the queen cage with the corks and caps still on in the middle of the hive for five days.
If you introduce the queen to quickly to the colony they may attack and kill her because they aren't used to her pheromones yet. After five days, remove the cork replacing it with a mini-marshmallow or remove the cap over the candy fondant.
Within a couple days, the queen should have exited the cage. Wait a few more days and complete a thorough hive check at 50* or warmer.
Hopefully you will see eggs!
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