tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712110501673732079.post764319866989309909..comments2024-03-22T13:57:03.401-05:00Comments on The Peace Bee Farmer: Queen Cells AppearRichard Underhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014016516339819639noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712110501673732079.post-90589738144577645802010-04-16T07:55:19.894-05:002010-04-16T07:55:19.894-05:00Mark,
Moving a frame covered with bees can lead to...Mark,<br />Moving a frame covered with bees can lead to accidentally moving the queen as well. One method of preventing this would be to gently brush the bees from the frame before moving it. Since there is a queen cell on the frame that you are going to move, you want to handle the frame gently to prevent damaging the developing queen. She is hanging in a cocoon inside the queen cell. Shaking the bees from the frame could damage the queen in the cell.<br /><br />If you do accidentally move the queen, as I have done a number of times, the strong colony will build emergency queen cells and start raising a new queen. A month’s worth of brood production is lost in the hive while they are producing a new queen.<br />--RichardRichard Underhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00014016516339819639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712110501673732079.post-72976274493282159792010-04-15T23:36:44.379-05:002010-04-15T23:36:44.379-05:00Richard: A big thanks for posting this. I thought ...Richard: A big thanks for posting this. I thought I saw a queen cell this past weekend, and I'm planning to check again this weekend. I have a couple of empty hives to move the frames to, that's not the issue. My issue is making sure that I don't take the old queen with thse frames. My eyes aren't the best for spotting the queen. I know she's there, she's laying like crazy, but sometimes I can't find her. Any suggestions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com