In an observation hive I watched a new, just mated supercession queen 
over 3 days  for several hours at a time.  The old queen was still 
present, and they stayed on opposite sides of the comb.  During that 
time she went from a typical virgin behavior, self feeding and with no 
retinue, to a laying queen with full retinue, tho still avoiding the old 
laying queen. Before she was laying in cells, but when she was beginning 
to attract a retinue, I witnessed several eggs "leaking" from her 
abdomen into the jaws of a worker.  I was never sure, but at the time I 
thought the workers ate the eggs.

Next time I'm doing a week-end festival maybe I'll get lucky on egg 
moving.  I'm very myopic, so if I get close enough to the glass I can 
watch minute detail.  I rarely use a veil as I prefer to slide my 
glasses down and hold frames a few inches from my nose when I check for 
eggs in the field; the newbees find it very amusing but it does give 
them more courage.

Carolyn in SC....blackberry's out, the flow is ON, such as it is in 
these parts...

On 4/20/2011 7:19 PM, J. Waggle wrote:
> I found a reliable witness to
> bees moving eggs:
>
> Gleanings in bee culture
> 1882 March  Page 126
>
> One more corroboration was noted. In one hive,
> a queen was observed dropping eggs, not in cells,
> but on the top of the comb, whilst a number of bees
> were, with the utmost order and eagerness, watching
> and picking up the eggs, and placing tbem in cells.

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