Beekeeping | What Are Drone Cells, Queen Cells & Worker Cells?

Beekeeping means being able to tell the difference between capped over drone brood, worker brood and queen cells.
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[@socalbeeremovalandrelocation]

Of all the bee info channels, id say David Burns is the most valuable to watch. David gets to the point and tells us what we need to learn.

[@beek]

Thank you, I should frame your comment for those days I cannot drag myself in front of a camera 😄

[@timkraft4583]

Im not a beekeeper but find it fascinating. So much to know. I have a greater appreciation for honey on my toast.

[@christopherroop4937]

The package bees you sale come from your apiary?

[@beek]

Unfortunately no one in the north can raise and sell large numbers of packages in the spring. It takes too long for our bees to become strong enough. Most packages are produced in March/April and we are still cold! But our team uses great stock and do a great job making our packages just for us.

[@sandradsa1340]

That was such a fantastic video on the different between the cells. I'm a first time Beek. Thank you so much.

[@bgtrev]

Concise, to the point and really helpful. Thank you and a Merry Christmas to you and your family from Bulgaria.

[@expressmobileservicesllc.480]

Goodness! This video was like a breath of fresh air after watching so many other poorly made bee keeping videos! I mean the plethora of horrible videos out there is amazing! Thank you for taking the time to record something of good quality AND actually videoing the how-to. Definitely going to subscribe! You Bee awesome!

[@beek]

Very kind of you to say.

[@aricibayraktarkardesler_NL]

Nice to see how other fellow beekeepers in other parts of the world are busy. Greetings from the Netherlands. :)

[@dagandreassen3115]

Wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and want to thanks for all I've learned from you this year. Thank a lot David.

[@beek]

Happy holidays!

[@Erika-eq1vp]

Thank you!!! I'm a new bee keeper, your videos have been very helpful!!!❤❤❤❤

[@Kevin_Dyke]

I’m loving these more frequent videos David, I think it will work great! Also another great video. Thank You!

[@WolfDragonTamer]

Merry Christmas to all and happy beekeeping!

[@russellstanley8100]

I really appreciate all the great information you give us! Can’t wait to get started on my beekeeping journey! Merry Christmas!

[@billsmith6983]

Thanks for a simple fast informative videos

[@rstlr01]

Great video looking forward to finding queen cells in the spring. I had terrible luck with my April walkway splits last year, about half the queens petered out or got superseded in August. Hoping I have better luck letting them get swarmy!

[@M5TABBYCAT]

How interesting. Very new to bee video s but I'm hooked.

[@bryanbetournay5557]

Thanks again David.

[@anthonyc9911]

Happy holidays and merry Christmas to you and your family David. Thanks for all the knowledge you share throughout the year.

[@beek]

Thank you Anthony and Merry Christmas.

[@KevinCWall-ct5sm]

Thank you.

[@zhodge0]

very good video. thank you.

[@beek]

That's kind of you to say. Thanks for watching. And be sure to join our livestream every Thursday 7pm CST, here's the link: www.honeybeesonline.com/live/

[@Marco-fn6kg]

thanks David I needed a video like this

[@beek]

Thanks Marco

[@eprohoda]

gorgeous ! ✨

[@UmarFarooq-hc2rp]

Thank you sir

[@stuartheavens1078]

Thanks for this one, it was a great help 👌

[@gregorycalzada5264]

STRONG WORK DAVID 😎😎😎

[@Johnny_Benson]

I wish I had gentle bees like this. I live in AZ and Just putting a feeder in the front of the hive they roll out and come unglued. I can never work my bees without a full suit

[@drewo1494]

Great info. What should we do if we see more than one queen cell but don't plan on moving it to mating nuc. Will first queen that emerges take care if the other queen cells?

[@poseidonam]

Do drone cells have royal jelly in them? I think I have a cluster is queen cells. Lol on the bottom and had white sauce inside. First year bee keeper. Battling wonky comb, and blank frames. I have added a super. I left out excluder to encourage them to start to draw. Hopefully by the weekend I'll exclude

[@mattgilbert364]

How often should monitor queen cups?

[@bradgoliphant]

Hey David, off topic from this great video, but was wondering how your sterilize your glass honey jars? I was just thinking to wash them with Dawn Soap then stick them in the over on 200 degrees for 20 mins. Any suggestions? While I have you, I wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas and a blessed new year, and to thank you for all your given us all. Happy Holidays my fellow beekeeper.

[@beek]

Soapy water, bleach solution rinse and dry well or dishwasher is fine.

[@daveeh2930]

why did you sell the current queen? was it to prevent a swarm?

[@mrbryankelley]

I don't want to get into splitting hives, what if anything can I do to prevent swarming and does it hurt to let them swarm?

[@heavydieselengine8989]

Should I find a queen cell in a new hive that was a Nuc? I only have had them for a week

[@beek]

They may have felt over crowded and made swarm cells, or the queen was injured in transferring the frames over to the new box. Otherwise no she should be their queue for a couple of years.

[@heavydieselengine8989]

@@beek so what do I do with the cell? If it is a queen cell and capped?

[@rose2525bud]

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[@rachelmutschler8577]

I live in SF area of CA. My hive had lots of bees and appeared to be thriving in November. I am a new bee keeper and was not brave enough to really dig through the hive. Within a month the hive had died. We had a cold November for our area getting down to 27 many nights. When I opened the hive there was capped honey and uncapped honey in the top box. The frames of the middle and bottom boxes were empty. No brood. Bees were dead just clumped together in-between the frames and on the bottom of the hive. A couple bees were dead head down in the cells. A few bees dead in the entrance. In total there were not very many dead bees- maybe 100. There were 3 queen cells. Can you help me understand what happened? Did they starve or freeze or queen failure? What I should have done so they could have survived? My hive keeps dying over winter- is it me? Shouldn't they be able to survive on their own? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

[@beek]

Oh I'm so sorry Rachel, that can be so discouraging, but chin up because this struggle will give you data as I can see you are searching for answers. You are on the right trail when you said they starved out or a queen issue. Both! Heads in cells usually indicates they were cold and hungry, and queen cells indicate there was a queen event that took the numbers down either because they spent 30 days making a queen or never did and either way they had very numbers of bees to keep warm as you observed. What could you do differently, monitor/inspect your bees every 14 days. Use my inspection sheet to keep track of the hive's progress and as soon as you see an abnormality, fix it immediately. Here is the link to my inspection Sheet: www.honeybeesonline.com/beekeeping-inspection-guide-downloadable-item/ David

[@chrismarro1867]

can i install a non waxed bottom board (screen)

[@richardmadsen3149]

When you get to the point where there's only drone comb, is it game over? I hear that even if you introduce a new queen, the hive will reject her. That would mean that the hive wouldn't want to accept a new hive if combined with another hive. I could roll the dice and put in a new queen and buy some brood from someone. That's throwing some money after a doubtful situation.

[@duynguyen8784]

Did you ever see a queen that does not lay any eggs. I caught a swarm in April 2021, until now the bees still the same the queen still as little , (virgin) ? Is it because the location of my hive therefore the queen does not lay eggs? Any idea? I just caught another swarm 2 weeks ago, and now I can see cap cells and the queen is bigger. Thank you for your time in looking over my comments

[@beek]

Yes, if a virgin queen does not go on a mating flight within 21 days after being born she likely will never go on a mating flight ever.

[@marcelloudil1929]

How you cut queen cell from plastic foundation?

[@beek]

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