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Beekeeping => Pests and Diseases => Topic started by: jb63 on December 27, 2014, 02:55:34 pm

Title: Dead-out drone queen hatching
Post by: jb63 on December 27, 2014, 02:55:34 pm

Cleaning up dead outs is my least favorite thing.If I don't already know the cause I'm looking for clues as to what happened.This one was done in by yellow jackets.It was up at my father in-laws and he saw them under attack and killed a bunch of yellow jackets.It took a while for me to get around to looking through it,but when I did I found a bunch of queen cells and cups and a part hatched queen.I think the cell was chewed from the outside. :sad:
(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs12.postimg.cc%2Fmcym6sszt%2Fdead_out_Queen_001.jpg&hash=e4cad39a7cae6a5f892fcc7d2aa671831dcf6b59) (http://postimg.cc/image/mcym6sszt/)

(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs12.postimg.cc%2Fp5n8d33yh%2Fdead_out_Queen_002.jpg&hash=d29d20dd1f23cfa7b29121ecff429d309133e8e2) (http://postimg.cc/image/p5n8d33yh/)

(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs12.postimg.cc%2F4vpwxy2tl%2Fdead_out_Queen_003.jpg&hash=1110b0fd2d95b46aa6f840179b7168cd5f40da56) (http://postimg.cc/image/4vpwxy2tl/)

Title: Re: Dead-out drone queen hatching
Post by: Perry on December 27, 2014, 03:33:36 pm

At first I thought that was a drone the eyes are so large.  :sad:

Title: Re: Dead-out drone queen hatching
Post by: Lburou on December 27, 2014, 05:00:30 pm

Perry, you took the words out of my mouth.....In fact, I'd bet a lot of money you have a large drone cell there jb63.  When a colony is hopelessly queenless, a laying worker will lay eggs and queen cells can be made.  Thing is, unfertilized eggs will always produce a drone, even in a queen cell.  Can be a real big drone.  I suspect you had an unrecognized queen event and missed it.  I lost a colony to a queen event this fall too.   :)

Title: Re: Dead-out drone queen hatching
Post by: efmesch on December 27, 2014, 05:04:59 pm

   :o  If those pictures aren't of drones, it's the first time I've seen a queen with drone eyes. :D

Title: Re: Dead-out drone queen hatching
Post by: riverbee on December 27, 2014, 05:25:45 pm

lol, what all have said jb....... :yes: ...........DRONE!!!.......... :D

sorry you lost a hive.........it's always a bummer, and i dislike cleaning dead outs with a passion.....

Title: Re: Dead-out drone queen hatching
Post by: jb63 on December 27, 2014, 08:23:47 pm

I thought the same thing about the eyes but it looked so much like a queen cell.Ok then it's a drone can one of the mods change the title please?

Title: Re: Dead-out drone queen hatching
Post by: iddee on December 27, 2014, 10:55:49 pm

Like that??  ;D

Title: Re: Dead-out drone queen hatching
Post by: jb63 on December 28, 2014, 12:15:40 am

thx Id