Courty
House Bee
- Joined
- Jul 28, 2018
- Messages
- 127
- Reaction score
- 16
- Location
- Sheffield
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 13
Hi,
I have a hive on double brood, I inspected it yesterday and found what I thought were queen cells just started. One was in a hole in a top brood frame, one on the bottom of the top frame, both had the classic peanut texture on the outside, nothing in them. I also noticed a few untextured ones on the bottom of the frame, pointing downwards, however they didn’t look much different to drone cells on the bottom, just that the hole was underneath. One was charged.
Do bees make drone comb that points down sometimes, or are they definitely the beginning of queen cells?
I took them down anyway to give me some time and to see what they continue to do before I address it more positively.
The drone cells seem to point in all directions. Are they similar to queen cells and the start?
Thanks
Courty
I have a hive on double brood, I inspected it yesterday and found what I thought were queen cells just started. One was in a hole in a top brood frame, one on the bottom of the top frame, both had the classic peanut texture on the outside, nothing in them. I also noticed a few untextured ones on the bottom of the frame, pointing downwards, however they didn’t look much different to drone cells on the bottom, just that the hole was underneath. One was charged.
Do bees make drone comb that points down sometimes, or are they definitely the beginning of queen cells?
I took them down anyway to give me some time and to see what they continue to do before I address it more positively.
The drone cells seem to point in all directions. Are they similar to queen cells and the start?
Thanks
Courty