Queen Cell on top of a Queen Cell

[Macdee]

Has any body seen a charged Queen Cell on top of a sealed Queen Cell before ??
Seems very strange, what do you think is going on ?

[pic attached - yesterday and today]

Cheers

Al

 

[Erichalfbee]

Is it not just one elongated useless QC?
Do you know there is a sealed cell at the base?
Is your queen still at home?

 

[For want of a better word]

Siamese twins?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Looks like the larva in the original cell got detached from the royal jelly, so the bees in a vain attempt to salvage the situation extended the cell to contain it. I would just tear it down so they can start again. It's doomed to fail.

 

[Macdee]

Hi

It is a queenless nuc with two queen cells in it.
At the beginning of the week there was this queen cell, with no queen cell on top, which was sealed and the other one almost sealed.
Then this queen cell appeared on top, I have attached a picture looking into the top of it. It seems to show a large larvae in the lop queen cell; the depth seems to match the top part which I think is the top queen cell.

Maybe I should cut it out and dissect it ……

 

[pargyle]

Hi

It is a queenless nuc with two queen cells in it.
At the beginning of the week there was this queen cell, with no queen cell on top, which was sealed and the other one almost sealed.
Then this queen cell appeared on top, I have attached a picture looking into the top of it. It seems to show a large larvae in the lop queen cell; the depth seems to match the top part which I think is the top queen cell.

Maybe I should cut it out and dissect it ……

Either way it's doomed .. knock it down and let them raise the other QC they have in there.

 

[jeff33]

Looks like the larva in the original cell got detached from the royal jelly, so the bees in a vain attempt to salvage the situation extended the cell to contain it. I would just tear it down so they can start again. It's doomed to fail.

... And he is back, how was purgatory JB?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

... And he is back, how was purgatory JB?

I was too busy making bees and honey to even think about it.

 

[Beefriendly]

Hi

and dissect it ……

Definitely, you need to knows whats been going on. Had a similar myself, nothing inside....

 

[Erichalfbee]

... And he is back, how was purgatory JB?

I sometimes think purgatory is here

 

[jeff33]

I sometimes think purgatory is here

I think you may be right...

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I sometimes think purgatory is here

Hmm - sounds a bit like the Cathar heresy that