Moving eggs

[sandysman]

Has anyone any experience of their bees moving eggs around into different cells. As a relatively new beek I have not observed this but it was mentioned at our last BKA meeting by two experienced keepers?

Andy

 

[Poly Hive]

Apart from moving eggs out of play cups no.

PH

 

[fatshark]

I have a strong colony in which I suspect they are doing this ... at the last inspection there were a few (20 or so) capped drone cells above the queen excluder. I use drone foundation in supers and the cells were in a slight arc over the centre of the colony. I'm sure there is no queen above the queen excluder and I don't think there are laying workers as they were concentrated as a sort of vertical extension of the brood nest, rather than scattered randomly.

 

[XYZ]

I extracted a super yesterday. It was the third super above the queen excluder.
In one of the frames I found a capped drone cell and opened it up to find a grub in there.

One cell, in a super, three boxes above the queen excluder.

Workers moved it?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

No - eggs above the QX is down to laying workers.

 

[XYZ]

No - eggs above the QX is down to laying workers.

Oh great, I may have a problem then.

One single drone though, strange. Will have to keep an eye on them.

 

[Erichalfbee]

No you don’t have a problem.
A colony normally has lots of laying workers but the laying is policed. The house bees eat the eggs.
This one was simply missed