[RobWok]

I fed my bees early this spring with sugar boards. We had a terrible nectar season last year, then a long cold winter. Well, then we had a bunch of trees all started blooming at once. The bees went nuts. I probably had 50 swarm cells in 6 hives. I had given them room and everything, but they were recognizing abundance.

I now have 35 nucs. (I didn't cut any of the swarm cells. If there were 3 on a frame, I just the frame in the queen castle mating box, or in a nuc.)

We're having 3 days of rain, the beginning of which most of these capped cells will open up. So, at the end of those 3 days, all those virgin queens will be itching to get out.


Any thing I need to worry about?

 

[Lowe land apiary]

Why worry its all beyond your control. Just let them do their thing. Then manage any nuc that doesn't have a laying queen in a few weeks. By combining with a queenright nuc. If you end up with more than you want or can handle, sell them. Lots of people still want or need bees. I hope you have a 100% mating success. Mine is usually 75-80% but one has to have a dream.

 

[jrbbees]

Don't worry those queens won't want to leave the hive for a week anyway. Things will change again by then.

 

[The Redneck Hippie]

Any thing I need to worry about?

Building a LOT more equipment?

Wow, man. What a nice problem to have. Do you have any of the original six hives left?