squeakyfrogfarm on Nostr: The cell being built at the bottom of the frame like that suggests that they planned ...
The cell being built at the bottom of the frame like that suggests that they planned it, either to replace an old queen that's wearing out, or to make a new one to swarm (emergency queen cells to replace a dead queen will be on the comb anywhere they can find brood of the right age to groom into a queen). If the colony was running out of room, then they are likely to have been planning to split the hive. Both of those together (crowded hive and pre-planned queen cell) tend to suggest swarming activity, especially in spring.
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2023-05-28 04:06:39Event JSON
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