[nhoyt]

I have been trying to figure out when the capped brood i have is going to become new bees, can anyone help me out with that? I have tried to look up lifecyle of bees, i looked at mike site ( btw i need to get my hand on ur book) i cant find anything that says if u have capped brood they will be new bess in X days. then again i might have just not understood it, and if it is simple and was looking at me in my face i am going to feel very sheepish.

 

[nhoyt]

Does it matter if it is a packaged hive? the capping look very clean and i know the queen was released on the morning of easter or the night before. I even saw some drone caps at first i thought they where queen cells but i remembered that drone cells and queen cells look somewhat alike but drones are rounder. i have to take a pic and let you guys help me. i would love to see a bee emerge from the cell. thank you wolfer for explaining the reason behind why they are in the center i thought the eggs where going to be on the bottom then some pollen above it then honey.