If you are pruning seed pods out of your queen palm before they open, you are killing your tree.
In a few years, the seed pods will be emerging from too close to the 'heart' of the tree, and as it dies, some 'expert' will tell you it was cold, or bugs or root rot or whatever makes them sound smart.
Allow your 3 ish bloom pods to flower and be beautiful, ( yes, clean up some flowers after that, like ALL blooming plants) then allow the seeds to ripen to where a couple fall of. THEN trim the pod off. You will stop getting 6-8 blooms a year. Honey Bees will have something in your yard for a bit with no poison. The seeds will actually weigh LESS than that pod, and you won't kill your tree.
Unfortunate we have so many 'experts' with chainsaws and widespread false information about these queens. REMEMBER, .. the further you get from how NATURE cares for your plants and trees, the closer you come to not having a green thumb.
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