Removing Queen Cells, Getting Stung

It's Day 28, the second hive box went on a week ago and the bees have been preparing some queen cells. We scrape these out and add a top feeder. A couple of the ladies express their appreciation by jabbing the sharp ends of their bums into me.

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Pets & Animals

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• honey
• bee
• queen
• cell
• removing
• supercedure
• swarm
• management
• newbie
• beginner
• beekeeper

[fineshooter]

its nice to see what other people do. why not cut them off and make 3-4 new splits?

Don

the fatbeeman

[cleverjoe]

@fineshooter Good idea, I plan to try this next season. Basically I was just starting up and didn't have any extra equipment at the time. Cheers

[ducksmasher11]

why not put the queen cells in another box and add some frames, instead of killing queens?

[cleverjoe]

@ducksmasher11 - This was my first season and I had only a single hive without any extra equipment. However, assuming the two new hives make it through the winter, I plan to raise my own queens next spring. Cheers

[TheMalthi1]

You put the left glove on the right hand!'dx

[cleverjoe]

@TheMalthi1 Actually, the "L" on the glove is for "Large" (not left).  :)

[cleverjoe]

@aceman4564564 Yes I probably could have added a honey super on top that day, but it was still a bit early in the season. When I did add the honey boxes later on, they filled up them really quickly. The bee bearding that you see was mainly because it was a very hot day, and the hive had little ventilation until I removed the entrance reducer, allowing for more air to circulate through the hive. The first time I saw this, I thought they were getting ready to swarm, but they were just too hot.

[aceman4564564]

at 2:02 i think one is hatching

[aceman4564564]

holy krap wow i would add another box to that one there too massive outside the door

[MisterGreenGuy]

Good job getting rid of those queen cells.