A few weeks ago I posted a question regarding   Cool queens = drone layers
Although this situation does not become the definitive answer, I
thought you might like to know.
 
  They are emerging and they are workers.
 
 April 21  Queen Installed into observation hive.
           "Hive was put into my tool shed.
            That night the temperature drop to 23 F."
 April 22  Observation hive moved to a warmer place.
 April 23  Workers feeding queen and attendants.  Queen released directly.
 April 24  Do not see the queen.
 April 25  See the queen walking around, not laying yet.
 April 26  Queen begins laying.  Spotty
 April 29  Told about COLD QUEENS=DRONE LAYERS
 April 30  Last of brood from parent hive emerging.
 May 2     Larva developing.  Nest starting to be redefined.
 May 5     Sealing beginning.  Worker type cappings.
 May 6     More sealing,  still worker type cappings.
 May 9     Bees working foundation in upper section.
 May 10    All cells in lower section have either eggs, larva, sealed
           brood, pollen or honey nectar/sugar-water.
 May 11    Some cells along frame bottom starting to be capped as drone.
 May 12    Bees making an opening in the honey arch.
 May 14    Bees storing pollen and sugar-water in upper section.
           Insides of frames of upper section almost drawn.  Outside about half.
 May 15    Removed the sugar-water, put a jar of water.
 May 16    Cold, 50F, raining, all the bees are in the lower section.
           More drone larva being capped along the frame bottom.
 May 17    Emerging workers. Saw the queen laying in the recently vacated
           cells.
 
Saw the queen go to lay an egg but it wasn't deposited in the cell, when
she emerged she tapped her backside against the brood cappings, the egg stuck
to the capping and then saw a worker grab it and then eat it!
 
    Thanks to all of you who wrote.
Special thanks to Rick Hough for posting it for me during my problem days.
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| David F Verville                   |      Good young queens.               |
| Hobbist in the big small town of   |       Plenty of food.                 |
| Plaistow, NH                       |       Plenty of room.                 |
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