# \#queen-cell **URL:** https://forum.honeyflow.com/tag/queen-cell/248.md [Latest](https://forum.honeyflow.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.honeyflow.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.honeyflow.com/tags.md) --- ## [DIY hives vs. precision-made: Does accuracy really matter to bees?](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/diy-hives-vs-precision-made-does-accuracy-really-matter-to-bees/40203)
**Author:** [@hong\_ze](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/hong_ze)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/diy-hives-vs-precision-made-does-accuracy-really-matter-to-bees/40203 "2026-03-09T21:56:58Z")
I’ve got a question that’s been on my mind, and I’d love to hear opinions from both the DIY crowd and those who buy manufactured hives. In my day job, I work in a factory that makes wooden products (including beehives).… --- ## [First inspection - confused re possible supersedure queen cells or large drone cells](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/first-inspection-confused-re-possible-supersedure-queen-cells-or-large-drone-cells/38064)
**Author:** [@Tamsin](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Tamsin)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2025, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/first-inspection-confused-re-possible-supersedure-queen-cells-or-large-drone-cells/38064 "2025-01-02T10:57:33Z")
Hi everyone I’m new to beekeeping and to this forum - from Withcott, near Toowoomba, Queensland. I got my first bees two weeks ago and did my first inspection yesterday. The first frame I looked at (second from outer … --- ## [Beekeeping in Corona, Southern California? A queen was born, what to do next](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/beekeeping-in-corona-southern-california-a-queen-was-born-what-to-do-next/37908)
**Author:** [@Shaki](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Shaki)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/beekeeping-in-corona-southern-california-a-queen-was-born-what-to-do-next/37908 "2024-11-13T15:50:13Z")
I live in Corona California. Suburbia, back yard with one hive. It is 70-80 during the day and 41-50 at night right now. I am a new beekeeper. I started with a nuc and one brood box April 2024. Great harvest in July 35-4… --- ## [2nd queen lost- buy or let them sort it out?](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/2nd-queen-lost-buy-or-let-them-sort-it-out/37795)
**Author:** [@craig\_W](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/craig_W)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2024, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/2nd-queen-lost-buy-or-let-them-sort-it-out/37795 "2024-10-20T07:40:42Z")
Hi again The journey continues… My hive that swarmed did a 2nd smaller swarm a couple of weeks after the first (I caught both fyi, 1st is thriving and 2nd gave to a fellow keeper). At the time of the first swarm there … --- ## [Flow Hive split inspection 🧐](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hive-split-inspection/37565)
**Author:** [@leahd](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/leahd)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hive-split-inspection/37565 "2024-09-10T01:10:41Z")
Join Cedar as he checks in to see how the most recent hive split is going! --- ## [How to split your hive](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/how-to-split-your-hive/37471)
**Author:** [@leahd](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/leahd)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/how-to-split-your-hive/37471 "2024-08-22T02:25:54Z")
Cedar takes us through the step-by-step process on how to split your hive. If you have any questions that aren’t answered in the video please feel free to reach out to our team at Info@honeyflow.com … --- ## [Next step help?](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/next-step-help/37178)
**Author:** [@SammyBee](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/SammyBee)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/next-step-help/37178 "2024-06-27T00:02:53Z")
Hello! New beekeeper here in Boston. New nuc installed just over one month ago. This is our second inspection. 5 drawn out frames from the original nuc, 5 empty wooden frames they have just begun to draw out. My questio… --- ## [Drone Laying Queen and Supersedure Cell](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/drone-laying-queen-and-supersedure-cell/36973)
**Author:** [@Nathanel\_Cheney](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Nathanel_Cheney)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/drone-laying-queen-and-supersedure-cell/36973 "2024-05-22T22:31:23Z")
This is my very first hive and so maybe I’m just being extra cautious or maybe I didn’t catch the problem quickly enough, but I think that there may be too many drones in the hive. I have some frames full of what I belie… --- ## [My second hive isn't doing so hot - help!](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/my-second-hive-isnt-doing-so-hot-help/35262)
**Author:** [@Beebuddy468](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Beebuddy468)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2023, 8:31am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/my-second-hive-isnt-doing-so-hot-help/35262 "2023-07-21T08:31:29Z")
Hello! New beekeeper here. Hoping ya’ll can help me on my journey. My husband and I have two hives. One is thriving and growing really fast. We just put a second brood hive on and it already has 4 full frames in a week. … --- ## [Second Inspection on the new Hive](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/second-inspection-on-the-new-hive/33500)
**Author:** [@Dazs\_life](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dazs_life)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2022, 8:19am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/second-inspection-on-the-new-hive/33500 "2022-09-28T08:19:08Z")
I moved the Bees from the Nuc to the HIve 3 weeks ago. I had my first inspection last week (two weeks after moving them) and was happy with what I saw. New comb being drawn on the new foundation frame, Larvee, capped b… --- ## [My hive swarmed two days ago.I have Queen cells and I can’t find the Queen](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/my-hive-swarmed-two-days-ago-i-have-queen-cells-and-i-can-t-find-the-queen/33683)
**Author:** [@Pugs2256](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Pugs2256)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/my-hive-swarmed-two-days-ago-i-have-queen-cells-and-i-can-t-find-the-queen/33683 "2022-09-26T21:15:05Z")
My hive recently swarmed even though I had plenty of room in the super. I did an inspection and found some Queen cells at the bottom of one of the frames. There is plenty of brood and honey and there are still many bees … --- ## [Queens present- almost no brood and very little pollen](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/queens-present-almost-no-brood-and-very-little-pollen/33627)
**Author:** [@Jenn\_Markley](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Jenn_Markley)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/queens-present-almost-no-brood-and-very-little-pollen/33627 "2022-09-15T02:47:07Z")
Hi everyone, Hoping for some help! I have two hives at a client site that were thriving about 3 weeks ago when I last checked them (tons of brood, good laying pattern, lots of stored pollen, capped honey, etc). Today (9… --- ## [Supercedure cell disappeared!](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/supercedure-cell-disappeared/32966)
**Author:** [@digsbees](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/digsbees)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/supercedure-cell-disappeared/32966 "2022-06-02T14:26:46Z")
I don’t understand! Found a Supercedure cell about ten days ago, small larva in royal jelly. Low numbers of workers/nurse bees and very few other eggs and quite a few drone cells. Haven’t spotted the queen for a while. … --- ## [Swarm control with Split board (snelgrove board)](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/swarm-control-with-split-board-snelgrove-board/32931)
**Author:** [@Paras](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Paras)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2022, 8:50am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/swarm-control-with-split-board-snelgrove-board/32931 "2022-05-13T08:50:12Z")
My Share I usually operate two 8 frame deep brood box colony, this allows me sometime for dealing with swarm control about May time. At this time drones are plenty and I have grafted larvae for a colony to rear new que… --- ## [Transfer of nuc to hive](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/transfer-of-nuc-to-hive/32055)
**Author:** [@Karby](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Karby)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/transfer-of-nuc-to-hive/32055 "2021-12-21T21:12:25Z")
Just transferred a new nuc that I received on Saturday, into my home made hive. I spotted the queen and plenty of BIAS. I don’t know how long they have been in the nuc but they are still drawing out one foundation f… --- ## [Queen cell Identification](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/queen-cell-identification/27654)
**Author:** [@Helga](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Helga)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/queen-cell-identification/27654 "2020-10-31T01:11:17Z")
Hi all. I think I mistook a swarm for an orientation flight. A week later, noticed numbers way down and flow frames cleaned out (not all). Inspected today and couldn’t find the queen (marked blue) but didn’t spot new que… --- ## [First hive(s) set up! Found Queen cells?](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/first-hive-s-set-up-found-queen-cells/27991)
**Author:** [@Casey](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Casey)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/first-hive-s-set-up-found-queen-cells/27991 "2020-10-24T00:46:18Z")
Hi everyone! I’m a newbee, based a couple hours south-east of Perth, WA. We finally set up our first (Flow) hive on our 5 acre property on the edge of town. Four days later that turned into two hives, as we captured a sw… --- ## [2 week old NUC covered in Queen Cells - ADVICE please](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/2-week-old-nuc-covered-in-queen-cells-advice-please/26657)
**Author:** [@SCOLARI1984](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/SCOLARI1984)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 9:51am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/2-week-old-nuc-covered-in-queen-cells-advice-please/26657 "2020-07-06T09:51:46Z")
Hi all, I have just completed my 2nd inspection 2 weeks after installing a 5 frame nuc into my new Flow Hive here in Surrey, UK. Things appeared to be going well after my first inspection with 1 new frame of comb built … --- ## [Supersedure or Swarm Cells?](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/supersedure-or-swarm-cells/26529)
**Author:** [@beekeepingwithboys](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/beekeepingwithboys)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/supersedure-or-swarm-cells/26529 "2020-06-26T04:58:23Z")
Do these look like swarm cells or supersedure cells? And should I do something about it? I installed a five frame nuc colony on May 28 and today (June 26) I noticed the development of these queen cells.Hive check this… --- ## [Top & bottom entrance with virgin queen](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/top-bottom-entrance-with-virgin-queen/25970)
**Author:** [@Anish\_Godwin\_Patel](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Anish_Godwin_Patel)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/top-bottom-entrance-with-virgin-queen/25970 "2020-05-23T01:35:26Z")
Hi there, I wonder if you can help me. Within the last few days I have done a split and I am now waiting for the new queen to emerge from her cell in the original hive. I have a top and bottom entrance on my flow hive … --- ## [New package bees making queen cells](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/new-package-bees-making-queen-cells/25523)
**Author:** [@sararrc](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/sararrc)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/new-package-bees-making-queen-cells/25523 "2020-05-21T18:38:30Z")
Hi, I installed a package of bees and a caged queen into an empty (but not new) hive recently, and the bees have me concerned. Here’s the history: April 4: Installed bees and queen. Continuously fed bees 1:1 sugar water… --- ## [Bees have swarmed](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bees-have-swarmed/24684)
**Author:** [@bjulli](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/bjulli)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bees-have-swarmed/24684 "2020-02-18T09:13:34Z")
Hi everyone Im off work due to knee operation and gave the lawn a mow, looked up in a tree and my little beauties have swarmed. I have only had the hive 8 months or so they just expanded so quickly. I have opened it up … --- ## [Please help. Queen cell spotted](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/please-help-queen-cell-spotted/21175)
**Author:** [@Anton](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Anton)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/please-help-queen-cell-spotted/21175 "2019-04-16T05:52:28Z")
Hi. I’ve got a 2 week+ old purchased hive. Supplier says it’s a new queen, early 2019. Last week I noticed an empty queen cup on a different frame and after posting a few photos and discussion, I’ve concluded it was a “…