Author Topic: Queen cells!!! (Read 3699 times)

jxbeeman · « **on:** May 04, 2005, 04:08:23 pm »

about 2 weeks ago i just bought a 3# package of bees that draper's bees had left over from someone cancelling. well anyway i checked them today and i found 2 queen cells on the bottom of a frame of brood. just wondering what i should do. i know that the queen is there b/c i saw her on the same frame. i was thinking that a reason the could be doing this would be that i live in NY. hahahaha. no it just has been really crummy weather up hear. about 2 weeks of rain and 40's temp. no real days that are real sunny and warm. if it was sunny it was windy and cold also. NF. oh i also have been feeding them sugar water and those bee patties.

Any suggestions on what i could do and what might have caused them to do this. thanks

Jerrymac · « **Reply #1 on:** May 04, 2005, 04:24:38 pm »

I wonder if they plugged up the brood area with all that suger water and are getting ready to swarm.

Kirk-o · « **Reply #2 on:** May 04, 2005, 07:00:26 pm »

Go to the queen rearing re queen page here at bee master the first one in there has a bunch of videos you can watch two on swarm prevention look at them you will love them kirk-o

Michael Bush · « **Reply #3 on:** May 04, 2005, 09:55:53 pm »

I've never seen a new package swarm. I've never seen a queen less than a year old swarm. They are probably replacing the queen because of something. I'd let them do what they feel they need to do.

Lechwe · « **Reply #4 on:** May 05, 2005, 09:24:55 am »

I would agree with Mike. I had the same thing happen last year and removed the cells because I thought I new better than the bees. Guess what? I didn't and lost that hive. Something is wrong with that queen and they are fixing it themselves.

Good luck

Lechwe · « **Reply #5 on:** May 05, 2005, 09:25:26 am »

I would agree with Mike. I had the same thing happen last year and removed the cells because I thought I new better than the bees. Guess what? I didn't and lost that hive. Something is wrong with that queen and they are fixing it themselves.

Good luck