They are starting early this year.

[Swellsalot]

My cousin looked at his and my hives here yesterday to see what shape they were in. He found one of his had just hatched out a queen, found the open cell and the new queen along with fresh eggs throughout the box. There were 2 other swarm cells that he cut out, cut one open and it was a few days away from being ready. Put the other one in a warm spot to see if it will hatch out. He said his boxes contained a lot of bees, bringing in pollen like crazy and still had plenty of honey in most of them. As much swarming as we had last year hate to see them starting this early.

We each had one dead out, not sure about his or mine, mine had already been robbed out and there weren't any bees in the box.

[brooksbeefarm]

My cousin looked at his and my hives here yesterday to see what shape they were in. He found one of his had just hatched out a queen, found the open cell and the new queen along with fresh eggs throughout the box. There were 2 other swarm cells that he cut out, cut one open and it was a few days away from being ready. Put the other one in a warm spot to see if it will hatch out. He said his boxes contained a lot of bees, bringing in pollen like crazy and still had plenty of honey in most of them. As much swarming as we had last year hate to see them starting this early.

We each had one dead out, not sure about his or mine, mine had already been robbed out and there weren't any bees in the box.

That would be early, are you sure they were swarm cells or supersede cells? it would be unusual to have mature drone's this early to have bred the new queen and her already laying. I live 12 miles n. of Springfield,Mo. and we haven't had very many fly days,you must be in the southern part of Ark.:s Send some of that warm weather this way. Good luck Jack

[Swellsalot]

They were swarm cells. This queen had just hatched out, the old queen was still there somewhere. He said that there were lots of drones and a lot of drone brood already. We've had a lot of warm days that they can fly, we get a couple of cold days and then several warm days. We were in the high 60's yesterday but only in the 50's today, nights for the last several days have only gotten down into the high 40's, supposed to get some cold nights for the weekend and then warm back up again.

[river_rat2005]

They were swarm cells. This queen had just hatched out, the old queen was still there somewhere. He said that there were lots of drones and a lot of drone brood already. We've had a lot of warm days that they can fly, we get a couple of cold days and then several warm days. We were in the high 60's yesterday but only in the 50's today, nights for the last several days have only gotten down into the high 40's, supposed to get some cold nights for the weekend and then warm back up again.
how do you tell the differance in swarm cells and superceed cells im new and dont know what to look for. thanks

[BeeAware]

Generally, swarm cells will be more numerous than supercedure cells. Swarm cells are usually located near the bottom of the frame while supercedure cells will be toward the middle or upper portion of the frame.