Swarm control and a Breech birth Queen

[Seán_Lad]

Hi all, new to the forum, I've only started beekeeping this year, and so far everything has been great, this past month has been dealing with a lot of swarm control as I'm sure many others here have also been dealing with the same. On an inspection this evening on a hive known to be currently Queen less, I noticed there was approx 5 or 6 capped Q cells. When breaking down the first one I just gently broke it off from the frame, and then I realised there queen was alive inside, she then began to reverse herself out of the Q cell and to my astonishment, she walked here way down the frame, seemingly unharmed and greeted by other bees. After seeing this I decided to break down the other capped Q cells. What is the viability of my breach birth new Queen?

 

[Erichalfbee]

If you broke the cell off the frame did she not reverse herself out of the bottom...the part attached to the frame?

 

[Antipodes]

Hi all, new to the forum, I've only started beekeeping this year, and so far everything has been great, this past month has been dealing with a lot of swarm control as I'm sure many others here have also been dealing with the same. On an inspection this evening on a hive known to be currently Queen less, I noticed there was approx 5 or 6 capped Q cells. When breaking down the first one I just gently broke it off from the frame, and then I realised there queen was alive inside, she then began to reverse herself out of the Q cell and to my astonishment, she walked here way down the frame, seemingly unharmed and greeted by other bees. After seeing this I decided to break down the other capped Q cells. What is the viability of my breach birth new Queen?

If she was able to walk away from the event, I’d say the chances are excellent.

 

[The Poot]

 

[Seán_Lad]

If you broke the cell off the frame did she not reverse herself out of the bottom...the part attached to the frame?

When I seen she was alive I put the Q cell down on the top of the frame and she reversed herself out of it and began to walk down the frame, if that makes more sense

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

it's the safest way to pull virgins out of queencells, remove QC and leave the virgin reverse out of the 'wrong' end of the cell, rather than risk damaging her by fiddling around trying to remove the cap