Where is consensus on bees moving eggs into QCs?

[Woodland bees]

Same as when you find one in a queenless hive - laying workers

Thinking about this, if you have a brood box with a laying queen, a queen cell from a laying worker above the queen excluder would/could this trigger a swarm?

 

[Erichalfbee]

Thinking about this, if you have a brood box with a laying queen, a queen cell from a laying worker above the queen excluder would/could this trigger a swarm?

Think..... what would a laying workers queen cell produce.

 

[Woodland bees]

Think..... what would a laying workers queen cell produce.

If it hatches it will be male but female eggs don't trigger swarms, just Queen cells.

If you're suggesting they will not swarm then the one I found would have been a viable queen. So, not a laying worker.

 

[Nige.Coll]

I don't know about eggs being moved to Queen cells but I'm sure they do move drone eggs around.

 

[Finman]

Thinking about this, if you have a brood box with a laying queen, a queen cell from a laying worker above the queen excluder would/could this trigger a swarm?

A colony has normally tens or hundreds laying workers. Not only one. And they all go through the excluder. So worker layers are on boath sides of excluder.

Why such hive should swarm?

A swarm returns back to hive (cut wing) if the queen cannot follow the swarm.

A hive can swarm so that only eggs are left into queen cups

 

[Woodland bees]

Why such hive should swarm?

I've no idea, hence me asking.

I had a colony that swarmed. Queen was in the swarm. There were no queen cells in the brood box but a sealed queen cell above the queen excluder. I'm now told that it must have been a drone laying worker.

I'm not convinced, but if it was the case then I will need to check hives more thoroughly if they are making swarm preparations.

 

[Goran]

I don't know about eggs being moved to Queen cells but I'm sure they do move drone eggs around.

Seriously or joke?
Cause at my place is said drones carry but don't leave their " eggs"..