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Queen Cells

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Queen Cells 

special large cells in beehives prepared for raising queen bees.

There are swarm queen cells, which are most often on the margins of the hive, and comb queen cells on the surface. After the queen bee emerges, the other bees usually destroy the queen cells.
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Beekeepers try to eliminate queen cells by cutting them out, but sometimes one is missed.
The buzz about honeybees by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
The "extra" queen cells can be "harvested" and used to stop or delay swarming in the colony they are produced in and distributed to splits (divided colonies) of other colonies to increase colony numbers.
How to requeen your beehive by Hayes, Jerry / Countryside & Small Stock Journal
First-timers can find themselves spending a lot of time keeping bees fed on sugar water, culling extra queen cells and harvesting honey.
HOPING HIVES THRIVE by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
 
 
 
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