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Hi all,
I am a new beekeeper and was hoping to pick all of your brains, and maybe get some comments. I installed 2 packages almost a month ago. Things seem to be going pretty well, with maybe 6-7 drawn frames of plasticell in each hive. They are taking about 1/2 quart of syrup every 4 days or so. There is plenty of capped brood, pollen, syrup, eggs and larva visible. I have been able to spot the queen on a couple different occasions. I am happy about that as I was worried that I would struggle to find her. On the last couple inspections I have moved some frames around trying to encourage the girls to draw out more frames.
On today's inspection one hive looked normal, nothing out of the ordinary. The second one also looked good, except for a couple of cells that looked a little different than the rest. I tried to snap a couple pictures and posted them below. It doesn't really capture it as well as I had hoped, but the last pic is the one I thought may appear to be a queen cell. I found two cells that looked like this, and there seemed to be a lot of bees tending to them, taking turns nursing whatever is in there. Do I have drone and/or queen cells popping up? If I do, do I need to worry about it?
I appreciate any comments or criticisms you all might have...
I am a new beekeeper and was hoping to pick all of your brains, and maybe get some comments. I installed 2 packages almost a month ago. Things seem to be going pretty well, with maybe 6-7 drawn frames of plasticell in each hive. They are taking about 1/2 quart of syrup every 4 days or so. There is plenty of capped brood, pollen, syrup, eggs and larva visible. I have been able to spot the queen on a couple different occasions. I am happy about that as I was worried that I would struggle to find her. On the last couple inspections I have moved some frames around trying to encourage the girls to draw out more frames.
On today's inspection one hive looked normal, nothing out of the ordinary. The second one also looked good, except for a couple of cells that looked a little different than the rest. I tried to snap a couple pictures and posted them below. It doesn't really capture it as well as I had hoped, but the last pic is the one I thought may appear to be a queen cell. I found two cells that looked like this, and there seemed to be a lot of bees tending to them, taking turns nursing whatever is in there. Do I have drone and/or queen cells popping up? If I do, do I need to worry about it?
I appreciate any comments or criticisms you all might have...


