Drone cell in super??

[blackcavebees]

Hi guys, I'm a new bee and if this is a silly question please forgive me in advance ...

I did a split 3 weeks ago to try to stop my one hive (from a nuc I got July 2011) from swarming as there were queen cups being formed. Ended up splitting split into 2 nucs with some bees from main hive and taking them 3 miles away.

In existing hive yesterday after bad weather and apart from a small play cell which I knocked down anyway thing seem to be back to normal, except in the super there was a capped drone cell. I'm using a queen excluder. I hooked it out with the hive tool as it was on a wireless frame I wanted for cut comb, and there was a grub in it. Any ideas guys? I thought of a laying worker but there was only one cell.

Thanks, and this is a great forum and I'm learning something new everyday here at the minute.

 

[blackcavebees]

Silence?...

 

[Silly Bee]

Silence?...

Is it a dwarf or full size?

Dwarf is usually a DLW, full size is the queen in the wrong box.

 

[MuswellMetro]

don't worry about a single drone cell in the super

it will be an egg laid by a worker that has not been removed by the nurse bees

A small % of workers in the hive lay eggs which are normally removed by the nurse bees , the queen substance suppresses the laying urge of most workers but a small number still lay resulting in dwarf drones

 

[blackcavebees]

don't worry about a single drone cell in the super

it will be an egg laid by a worker that has not been removed by the nurse bees

A small % of workers in the hive lay eggs which are normally removed by the nurse bees , the queen substance suppresses the laying urge of most workers but a small number still lay resulting in dwarf drones

Thanks, puts my mind at ease