A new Virgin Queen Bee running on honey comb.Georgia Beekeeper John Pluta with beehive frame & virgin Carniolan Queen bee piping to other worker bees. Queen cells just hatched out of cell building hive.Beekeeping seldom seen. Queen will go on mating flight seeking drones,return to lay eggs,which hatch into larva,then pupae. Nuc boxes with 5 frames of comb are used to raise and mate Queens here in Milledgeville
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