Queen cells
Hi all
I have a question - I got my first hive last week and I went through the hive for the first time a few days ago. Everything seems ok, they were very calm and I found the queen with no problem, but I did find queen cells on around three of the frames. I broke them open and I think a couple of them had eggs in.
The queen is from last year and she seems to be laying well - there's lots of capped brood and I saw larvae & eggs (I think…I'm still getting my eye in).
This is obviously my first experience of keeping bees - I went on a course last year, but I'm concerned about making mistakes. Can anyone offer me some advice? Why are they building queen cells and what should I do/not do about it?
Thanks!
I have a question - I got my first hive last week and I went through the hive for the first time a few days ago. Everything seems ok, they were very calm and I found the queen with no problem, but I did find queen cells on around three of the frames. I broke them open and I think a couple of them had eggs in.
The queen is from last year and she seems to be laying well - there's lots of capped brood and I saw larvae & eggs (I think…I'm still getting my eye in).
This is obviously my first experience of keeping bees - I went on a course last year, but I'm concerned about making mistakes. Can anyone offer me some advice? Why are they building queen cells and what should I do/not do about it?
Thanks!