Shaking queen cells can cause damage because the queen cells have more 
room for the pupa to bounce around unlike worker brood which is tight to 
the cell wall.
>   That brought to mind the question of damage to developing brood that 
> is possible from shaking or banging frames. We would never shake a 
> frame of developing queen cells, so how is it OK to shake frames of 
> worker brood?  We all do it, though.
>
>
>
> Another matter to consider in making splits is how quickly open brood 
> is killed if frames are leaned against the hive and the brood is 
> exposed to direct sun.
>
Exposing brood frames to direct sunlight for too long a time can cook 
the brood.

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