> ... I'll offer that they made the queen cell in the photo in the same
> exact way that they make swarm cells that hang from the bottom bar,
> even though all other cells drawn between frames are invariably
> drone-sized cells, not targets for fertilized eggs.

The assumption was that this colony was queenless when the cells were
built, but come to think of it, and seeing as this was a walk-away
split, we don't know that for sure.

They could possibly have been preexisting swarm cells.  A few colonies
were building cells when split.

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