Found this outside of hive

[Benc2]

Can I get sone ideas on what this cell was? It looks to small for a queen cell .

[Riverrat]

looks like a queen cup they threw out

[Benc2]

Is that anything to worry about?

[Perry]

Iddee's right, and it's nothing to worry about.

[Riverrat]

Iddee's right, and it's nothing to worry about.

Dang I have reached the level of IDDEE check that off the rats bucket list

[Perry]

Iddee's right, and it's nothing to worry about.

Dang I have reached the level of IDDEE check that off the rats bucket list

Sorry buddy, I got the wrong person. If I had known it was you posting I would have told him to worry!

[Benc2]

Ok thanks for the input. What exactly is a queen cup?  I am going to open the boxes up here in a while to check on them.

[Riverrat]

Bees build and tear down queen cups all through the season.  just something they do.  When  used  they are the start of a cell  to rear a queen in

[Benc2]

Thanks for the lesson River rat ..I have not seen one of these yet.

[riverbee]

benc, read this:

Queen Cell Identification

this pdf file also discusses 'queen cups'.  when you download the pdf file, just type in 'cup' in the search box to find all info on 'queen cups'.