Hey - Good question! They look like peanuts. If they exist mid-frame, they are supercedure cells. If they are at the vert bottom of a frame, they are swarm cells. They are usually 1/2 - 3/4 inch in size. You can tell they are startibg to build them or creating a practice "play cup" when they take a cell and create a cell that extends out and is twice the with of a normal cell. It will look like the top of an acorn shell.
Sorry that am seeing this so late but you need to take that top box off and freeze the frames. You are 21 days from your first new bee and there are not enough bees to guard those resources. Smoking your new queen is a really bad idea. You need her pheromone to help with acceptance.
I was using the smoke to move the girls around and didnt even think that may have had an impact on the hive acceptance. I lucked out and they have accepted her on visual inspection yesterday (she was out laying eggs). I will keep an eye on the resoueces, and its being late in season has me worried. Good suggestion.
Congratulations. You can remove those frames temporarily and return them when the population increases. Just make sure you protect them by freezing and storing properly.
Sir how to identify the queen cell? Thank you
Hey - Good question! They look like peanuts. If they exist mid-frame, they are supercedure cells. If they are at the vert bottom of a frame, they are swarm cells. They are usually 1/2 - 3/4 inch in size.
You can tell they are startibg to build them or creating a practice "play cup" when they take a cell and create a cell that extends out and is twice the with of a normal cell. It will look like the top of an acorn shell.
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Sorry that am seeing this so late but you need to take that top box off and freeze the frames. You are 21 days from your first new bee and there are not enough bees to guard those resources. Smoking your new queen is a really bad idea. You need her pheromone to help with acceptance.
I was using the smoke to move the girls around and didnt even think that may have had an impact on the hive acceptance. I lucked out and they have accepted her on visual inspection yesterday (she was out laying eggs). I will keep an eye on the resoueces, and its being late in season has me worried. Good suggestion.
Congratulations. You can remove those frames temporarily and return them when the population increases. Just make sure you protect them by freezing and storing properly.