Uncapped pupae - what's going on?

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Hey knowledge base,

I requeened my hive 2 weeks ago after it was hopelessly Queenless. New queen has been doing amazing, lots of eggs, larvae and capped brood. I opened up the hive for an inspection today and it was mostly positive however I noticed a couple of worker cells that looked like they had been uncapped early?? Or were the in the process of capping still? See photos but out of all the cells there were maybe 10 like this and there was a patch on one frame where there was a light coloured streak though it. Is this anything to be concerned about?

Cheers.

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Likely still capping. I don’t see anything to worry about in your photos. :wink:

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Thanks @Dawn_SD still learning this crazy world and noticed something different to everything else haha. Google for hive issues is worse than google doctor for human symptoms hahaha. Appreciate the feedback.

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Great pics, thanks for sharing.