All Drone cells

[King Scavenger]

Hi all. My friends queen is only laying drone cells. Why is that happening?

 

[Gilberdyke John]

Hi all. My friends queen is only laying drone cells. Why is that happening?

Most likely she has become a drone laying queen (DLQ) and now needs squishing and replacing.

 

[Dusty Rhodes]

Agreed.

 

[dn170221]

possibly one of the following:
they may actually be worker brood unidentified
there could be a queen that for some reason can only lay drone maybe a new poorly mated queen or an older one that has run out of steam
could also be laying workers what is the pattern of brood like and are there single or multiple eggs in cells?

 

[King Scavenger]

Most likely she has become a drone laying queen (DLQ) and now needs squishing and replacing.

Many thanks I will tell him

 

[REDWOOD]

If she's a new queen just mated give her time she might come good

 

[user 6228]

We have had an entire frame laid up as drone.. then she laid worker... so be sure it not just a "batch of drones"

 

[TryingToLetThemBee]

We have had an entire frame laid up as drone.. then she laid worker... so be sure it not just a "batch of drones"

+1 lots of drone brood here; the girls are settling in for a LOOOONG season.

 

[Heather]

Single egg per cell, drone laying queen... or as above ..yet to lay fertile eggs ...
Multiple eggs in cell, drone laying workers.. Shake out about 15ft away from hive and introduce a frame of BIAS..But you seem to think Q present.

I would only wait 1 week to see if the queen gets her act together.
If no good, squish. Wait a few days , removing frames with any eggs, then put in a frame of eggs and fresh larvae, from a good colony (if available).

Very few drone cells in mine.