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Date: | Fri, 8 Jul 1994 07:48:56 PDT |
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>Hi Folks,
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> One other thing I found and was confused by was I found the begining
>of two queen cells on the bottom of a frame and took them off, that's where
>they normally go right? I also found the beginings of a queen cup in the middle
>of a frame too...they don't belong there, do they? It's a small colony that
>I got as a 4 frame nuc a little over a month ago and now they almost have 2
>deeps filled out...are they getting ready to swarm or something else?
Dave,
Queen cells built prior to swarming are on the bottom of the combs;
those built prior to supercedure are usually somewhere in the brood nest.
The rule is not hard and fast, however.
Adrian
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