A beebuddy and I have a mystery, albiet not a big one, on our hands.  We
have both checked our materials and we don't have an answer.  She found
a used queen cell on the "front step" of her hive, and we are both
wondering why the bees would remove it.  She says that the hive may have
swarmed--she doesn't know because the hive is so nasty that she avoids
working them.  She is planning to requeen.  Any suggestions would be
appreciated and thanks so much for your help.
Cheers, Jane Power   "the power that bees"