[dkofoed]

A thought just occurred to me, and I'm not sure I've run across this bit of information yet ... when capped brood starts emerging, and there is a spattering of empty cells throughout a frame of brood, does the queen start laying in those cells again, right away? Or does she prefer "fresh" cells?

 

[drlonzo]

Those cells are the ones that the queen loves the best. She is drawn to those cells as they tend to be darker and more stable.

 

[Vance G]

As soon as the cells are cleaned and polished and she finds them, she lays in them. Queens are amazingly mobile on the frames.

 

[Michael Bush]

The bees "prep" them first but yes, she will lay in them.