Hi All,
I am seeing something in one of my overwintered hive that I have not seen
before so I feel like a real newbee!.  This hive came through the winter
with a very small(6" patch of brood)and handful of bees.  It has built up
well and the queen is laying a solid brood pattern as of the last inspection
several weeks ago.  Since I plan to split this hive I checked it again
today.  There are fuzzies, a solid brood pattern, uncapped larva and a Large
capped queen cell in the center of one of the frames.  I didn't see the
queen, but this contradicts a lot of what I have seen in the past-none or
capped brood only remaining in the presence of a queen cell.  I will go back
and do a more thorough check for the queen before I split.

Is this unusual or just something I haven't seen before?

Coleene

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