> Queen cells.
>
> In order to find the Queen cells, I have been advised to shake off all of
> the bees in case a Queen cell is missed.
>
> I read elsewhere that if you shake a frame with a Queen Cell on it, the
> larva is liable to be dislodged from the bed of larva.
>
> Tom Barrett
>
 
Shaking the frames can damage worker larvae as well as queen larvae.  Queen
cells are rather large and protrude from the frame either from the middle of
the frame(supercedure cells) or from the bottom(swarm cells).  They seem to
be hidden sometimes but are apparent on close inspection.  What happens
often is that the beekeeper finds 5 or 6 large cells and misses the runts
which end up hatching and producing inferior queens.
 
Frank Humphrey
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