Drone cells in super frame

[jimbob55551]

Hi there,
I put on a second super with undrawn frames a couple of weeks ago and when I next inspected I noticed that the foundation they had drawn out had drone sized cells at the bottom of the it. I have never noticed this before on other drawn frames. This is my second year and last year they drew out the frames on a whole super but didn't do this. Is this significant of anything? I have a queen excluder on but I'm wondering if somehow the queen can get up there or an unmated virgin perhaps. Or as usual am I worrying over nothing?
Many thanks in advance.
James

 

[pargyle]

Hi there,
I put on a second super with undrawn frames a couple of weeks ago and when I next inspected I noticed that the foundation they had drawn out had drone sized cells at the bottom of the it. I have never noticed this before on other drawn frames. This is my second year and last year they drew out the frames on a whole super but didn't do this. Is this significant of anything? I have a queen excluder on but I'm wondering if somehow the queen can get up there or an unmated virgin perhaps. Or as usual am I worrying over nothing?
Many thanks in advance.
James

Don't worry .. they often draw drone sized cells around the periphery of frames ... they will fill them with honey in due course if they are in a super. I don't use queen excluders and the queen sometimes lays up in the supers and often it is drone brood ... when the brood emerges they clean them up and fill them with honey. No problem for the bees ... and not really for the beekeeper.

 

[jimbob55551]

Thanks for that. I was worried about nothing which seems to be something I need to get used to with beekeeping. If only I knew as much about what was going on in the hive as they did.

 

[Gilberdyke John]

If only I knew as much about what was going on in the hive as they did.

That in itself is a very good lesson learned

 

[pargyle]

That in itself is a very good lesson learned

Oh so true ... the more we think we know what's going on in the hive ... the more the bees seek to confound us !