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  1. #11
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    Last year I had a queen that firstly started to spread the broad over the frames missing some out completely and then she stopped laying.

    Rather than knocking her on the head. I performed a shook swarm on fresh foundation and she restarted with earnest.

    She is my best queen this year, having outlaid the other Three hives.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Silvbee View Post
    Hi all,
    Went into the hive yesterday and there was some evidence of eggs but very few. Supercedure cells were also present.
    The "books" say that Queen cells can be described by their function, as swarm Q cells, supercedure Q cells and emergency Q cells - but how confident should we be in identifying function based, for example, on structure (size and shape), location (frame edge bottom or middle), seasonality (early, mid or late)? As a novice I found it difficult to decide and I still would not like to give betting odds on making the right decision.

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    If you have queen cells in season you can be pretty sure they're swarming, mine usually wait till they've dumped the drones around September to try supercedure

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