Dead-out drone queen hatching

[jb63]

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.

[Perry]

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

[Lburou]

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.   

[efmesch]

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

[riverbee]

lol, what all have said jb....... ...........DRONE!!!..........

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

[jb63]

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?

[iddee]

Like that?? 

[jb63]

thx Id