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Beekeeping => General Beekeeping => Topic started by: Jen on April 07, 2014, 02:13:14 pm
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I'm getting into the mother hive late this afternoon to try and figure out why all the swarming, she's two deeps. I will of course take pics. As far as queen cells, how many should I leave? should I leave them all? should I leave just one... ?
And there is what appears to be an emergency queen cell in my first swarm hive. There is a laying queen in there. Should I remove that queen cell?
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there is a reason why they're drawing a supercedure cell. I would let it go the bees are replacing the queen for a reason.
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This is confusing to me, because she laying a tight pattern, lots of eggs, lots of larvae, and the bees are quite content...
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Is it just a cup?
Can you tell if anything is in it?
In the other hive, I would leave 2 queen cells. My neighbor left a bunch of qcells in his last year and he was chasing a swarm about every day.
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and might simply be a cell cup, need check and see if they have laid an egg in it
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If you still have unhatched eggs still standing in the bottom of cells, with no royal jelly, it is safe to remove the cell. If not, don't.
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Yankee - ""Is it just a cup? Can you tell if anything is in it?""
This is what it looks like. I don't know if I can identify a queen 'cup'
(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs12.postimg.cc%2F7tg16t3rd%2FDSCF9213.jpg&hash=86c17558ab0a0b9fc008a3d105af60d28366f7a1) (http://postimg.cc/image/7tg16t3rd/)
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A CUP has no egg/larvae in it Jen. Bees build them quite often just in case they need it. If there is an egg/larvae in it then it is a queen cell, not a queen cup.
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K. I'm looking up google pics right now, wiki too. Thanks!
(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs10.postimg.cc%2Fw4g1ycyj9%2Fimages_CABRHAQ5.jpg&hash=931c646eeb34c299408a353032db567e0d116463) (http://postimg.cc/image/w4g1ycyj9/)
So a queen cup would remain 'open' until it's needed... like this... right?
The one on my frame is capped
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Yes, a cup is empty, if yours is capped its most likely a cell.
I suppose there could be some hope the bees entombed a wax moth there... but its not probable.
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IF there is just one, should I worry about it?
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Only if there is a egg or larvae in it. You will see cell cups periodically.
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jen~
post #1~
Queen Cell Identification (http://www.worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/index.php/topic,153.0.html)
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Get ready for the new and upcoming thread..................
"Jen's swarm number 6" :laugh: :laugh:
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Yankee - ""In the other hive, I would leave 2 queen cells. My neighbor left a bunch of qcells in his last year and he was chasing a swarm about every day.""
After my first swarm I was instructed to go in and illiminate all but two q cells. I did. It swarmed four more times. And, when I went in to the mother hive to snag a 5x5 piece of brood to put into the swarm box, I found 4 more queen cells.
I've got crazy bees ;) 8) 8)