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Is this a queen cell? Or burr comb?

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Was looking to add a box to my latest swarm, about a month old. Saw what looks like a queen cell, but couldn't tell for sure. Just to be safe, I moved the queen and 4 frames to a new box to simulate a swarm, and left this in the original box.

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That is NOT a queen cell. A queen cell literally looks like a peanut in the shell. That's just some wonky comb they drew. Put 'em back together.

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=images+of+queen+cells

Google is your friend before you do things so drastic...

You managing your frame space correctly?
overzealous combbuilding IMO. G
its queenish.. yeah practice for the real thing next time... so it cold(burrrrrrrrrr) way to keep a sharp eye out..
Thanks, guys. Too many cells in that, making it burr comb, gotcha. Queen cells are smoother. Had to make a judgment call, it was approaching dark, and I didn't have time to unveil and Google it. No harm no foul, I'm sure they will be happy to have their queen back after 18 hours apart. :)
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