Queen cell - about to be sealed

[ginny]

Some advice please.

In mid June, one of my two colonies had no queen ( I wont go into the reasons why) and no brood so I took out a brood frame from my other colony, one with eggs & larvae & placed it into the middle of the queenless broodbox.
All seemed to be OK & two weeks ago I had brood in my hive once again. Today however, I found a large queen cell, on the verge of being sealed. It was placed to two thirds of the way up the frame on the left hand side.

I need to act quickly, so should I destroy it, or let nature take it's course?

Your advice would be appreciated.

 

[tonybloke]

Some advice please.

In mid June, one of my two colonies had no queen ( I wont go into the reasons why) and no brood so I took out a brood frame from my other colony, one with eggs & larvae & placed it into the middle of the queenless broodbox.
All seemed to be OK & two weeks ago I had brood in my hive once again. Today however, I found a large queen cell, on the verge of being sealed. It was placed to two thirds of the way up the frame on the left hand side.

I need to act quickly, so should I destroy it, or let nature take it's course?

Your advice would be appreciated.

if it's only the one queen cell,I'd leave them to it
I did this myself to a colony of mine on friday, it is (most probably) supercedure. perhaps your queen didn't get mated well, or there is some other reason that the bees know.

 

[djg]

I agree with Tonybloke. A single cell speaks of supercedure. Very civilised !

 

[Poly Hive]

Leave it.

As above.

PH

 

[ginny]

Thanks for the help - I'll leave things as they are & let you know the outcome.