Queen cells!

[EOHenry]

I was inspecting my hives today and found at least 2 queen cells in my biggest colony.  They were on the sides of the brood frames, not hanging from the bottom.  I broke one of them open to find an almost fully developed queen.  Should I have done that and also destroy any others I would have found? Does this mean the bees don't like the existing queen and are going to replace her so I should order a replacement immediately?  There was a nice brood pattern on many of the frames in both brood boxes and they were drawing out the honey supers nicely too. So I think there is plenty of room for all of them/

EOHenry

[amymcg]

It sounds like they don't like their queen for some reason.  Did you leave the other cell alone? Did you check to see if you still have a queen?  

Wait a week and check again. If the other cell is chewed open then your queen has been replaced.

[qandle]

Where those are placed, they are generally supersedure queen cells, so you're best off to probably let nature take it's course.

Q