What to Do When You See Queen Cells In a Beehive - FREE Download to Help You Through the Process

It can be scary when you open your hive and see queen cells. Are they going to swarm? Did they swarm already? Is the queen dead? These are usually the questions that go through my head when I see a queen cell.
The most important thing to remember when you see queen cells is to not do anything rash like squish them all. We're beekeepers, after all, and our job is to help our bees, not squish every baby queen in sight.
Now that we've recovered from our initial response, it's time to figure out a game plan for what to do next. I have for you a Choose Your Own Adventure chart for when you spot queen cells in the beehive. This will guide you in the process of figuring out how to help your bees.
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⏰ TIMESTAMPS ⏰
00:00 - Intro
02:03 - What does a queen cell looks like
04:06 - What not to do if you see a queen cell in your beehive
06:42 - Queen growth time table and age chart
18:27 - Queen Hatching & Mating Time Table
08:17 - Why a hive makes a queen cell
09:59 - What to do if you have an empty queen cell in your hive
10:15 - What to do if you see an empty queen cell in your hive
11:00 - What to do if you see a queen cell in your hive and have no queen
11:30 - Tips on spotting eggs
32:06 - What to do if you see a queen cell in your hive and there's still a queen in the hive
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Thank you for the clear presentation. This is/was extremely helpful and right to the point at various steps.

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"Luckily I'm not a bee." LOL! Love your videos! I'm an amateur beekeeper and have been a fan of yours for six months now. Thanks for the understandable flow chart and talking me through queen bees.

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I had not thought of that about turning the frame up side down. It makes sense, you could dislodge or alter how the queen was laying in the jelly. 👍Thank you very much, I will remember that and pass it on.😁

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I have a list of random beekeeping tips at my desk. Once I reach 20, I'll have to make a video.

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Thank you for such handy pdf resources to accompany the video Larissa

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Thankyou for posting this.

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Thanks for giving the details that's very helpfull to my bee's to increase my colony.

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Thank you. Simply excellent. Could you do a video on what to do if a hive seems to be dying? ... that is, with a few wax moth and more hive beetles than normal in it but with still enough bees for it to survive?

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Thank you! I will add it to my list of video topics to work on. Thank you for the suggestion.

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Can you put a bot queen in a split hive?

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I had 15 cells in 1 hive after she left. I tried to move 13 but it was to hot and the cells collapsed when trying to remove them from the foundation. Glad I left the 2 cells for that hive. Now I keep 3 nuc's on hand in case I need a queen. If I don't need them or want another big hive there is usually someone that will take bees.

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When I first started queen breeding, I tried to cut out the queen cells and put them in a bunch of nucs I made. It did not go well. They looked ok when I moved them, but none of them hatched and successfully mated. And I wasn't even using foundation. Have you ever tried grafting? It can be kind of fun to try if you ever want to make a bunch of hives for yourself or to sell. Those queen cells are much easier to distribute.

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I’m not sure where to find the chart

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I'm just looking to split my first hive I'm thinking of a walk away split but worried about not being able to find the Queen

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You should check out my last video about how to split a hive - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pX-6g3R-pdh_Z7M If you have trouble finding the queen, get a pen to mark her. Once she's marked, spend one inspection looking for her. Use as little smoke as you can because that can encourage her to hide. Once you find her, put queen excluders on the hive to keep her in one box. Then, the next day do your split and it should be a lot easier to find her knowing what box she's in.

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I don't see how to download the list. I wanted to download it, but nothing is working 😢

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You can download the chart at this link - www.beekeepingmadesimple.com/queencellchart

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