Hidden queen cell

[Rockingod]

In one of my apiaries today doing my general inspections and I came across this frame. It was in a box that I'd dropped a 4 frame nuc in a fortnight ago.
Can you find the active capped queen cell that the little tikes decided to hide?
By the way it was the only QC in the box. I was a little bit lucky as the numbers of bees in the box was fairly low with bees on only 4 frames.

 

[Antipodes]

Got it..........

 

[Swarm]

Yep, bless them.

 

[Curly green finger's]

I can't find it..

 

[Swarm]

Yes you can. Look at the frame again,
It's jumping out at you......
Do you see it now?

 

[hemo]

It can be seen in the second pic, I had an inkling looking at pic one where it was to be found.

 

[Curly green finger's]

Yes you can. Look at the frame again,
It's jumping out at you......
Do you see it now?

Down in the bottom left corner..
If not I'm stumped.. Its a bit hard looking on your phone.. I'll fire the laptop up.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Down in the bottom left corner..
If not I'm stumped.. Its a bit hard looking on your phone.. I'll fire the laptop up.

Down load the picture on your phone.
It’s staring you in the face without enlarging it.

 

[GuyNir]

Mmm... Are you sure it’s active and not an old one?

 

[bobthecob]

That wax (around the queen cell) is a lot more than a fortnight old. And there are no bees tending the cell. What makes you think it is active?

And yes, I can see that larger cell in the middle of the frame, but no, I don't think that's a QC.

 

[Nige.Coll]

Hope the sacbrood clears up.

 

[Swarm]

Hope the sacbrood clears up.

?

 

[BugsInABox]

Hope the sacbrood clears up.

Meanie

 

[Rockingod]

Hi all,
Yep.......Bottom left corner in the lower pic.
When I said it was active, there was a dead queen inside. However, she was fully formed, had turned in the cell and appeared to have been dead for only a couple of days. Hence, the reason the nurse bees weren't paying it any further attention as she wasn't piping anymore.
My opinion was that as it was constructed too tight to the frame, possibly the bees had slightly overdone the capping off and so she was unable to emerge.
The pic was taken after I'd shaken the majority of bees off so that I could get a pic for everybody to see clearly.
As can be seen in the first pic it was totally invisible from that side.
The reason I posted the pic was as follows......
1) On occasions no matter how well you inspect there are times when even the very experienced inspector could quite easily miss a QC.
2) I thought the pic might help to focus the mind of novice bk's to pay particular attention to the sides of the frames when inspecting for QC construction.
If it helps others that are less experienced....I'm cool with that.......

 

[Erichalfbee]

Yes down the sides of the frames is a common place for queen cells. Always look.

 

[Ian123]

What do you mean she had turned in the cell? Do you mean you found a bee facing head first up right. That’s not a queen that’s a worker that’s gone in and been sealed up behind, common after the queens emerged.

 

[Ian123]

That nuc also looks very poor, bees not on the brood lack of stores, a few dodgy cells and would suspect high varroa.

 

[Erichalfbee]

What do you mean she had turned in the cell? Do you mean you found a bee facing head first up right. That’s not a queen that’s a worker that’s gone in and been sealed up behind, common after the queens emerged.

Yes seen that a few times. It's a great thing to show new beekeepers when you're going through their hives with them

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

That nuc also looks very poor, bees not on the brood

Maybe you should get your facts straight before wading in

The pic was taken after I'd shaken the majority of bees off so that I could get a pic for everybody to see clearly.

 

[Ian123]

Maybe you should get your facts straight before wading in

Lol you think that looks healthy I gave you more credit than that?