# Is that a queen cell?

**URL:** <https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/is-that-a-queen-cell/13672>\
**Category:** General Bee Chat\
**Created:** [December 24, 2017, 7:23am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/is-that-a-queen-cell/13672 "2017-12-24T07:23:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![RobThai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RobThai](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/RobThai)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 7:23am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/is-that-a-queen-cell/13672/1 "2017-12-24T07:23:02Z")

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Is that a queen cell in the making? It has a larva in it, it seems.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/c/c55eba006b85367e78406cacf7b91fb2cba1de33.jpg)

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**Author:** ![JeffH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/jeffh/32/7192_2.png) [@JeffH](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/JeffH)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/is-that-a-queen-cell/13672/2 "2017-12-24T09:00:02Z")

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That looks like a drone in the making in a worker cell.

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**Author:** ![Dee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dee/32/5840_2.png) [@Dee](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dee)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/is-that-a-queen-cell/13672/3 "2017-12-24T12:39:59Z")

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No drone.  
Queen cells hang down parallel to the face of the comb. They also have so much royal jelly that it’s sometimes difficult to get a clear picture of the larva.