Given the small size of the nuc, it is unlikely that they would swarm. The first queen to 'hatch' would go around and tell the workers to tear down the other cells. I never worry about more than one queen cell, especially if they are in a nuc. Cells will get torn down. Queens fighting is not what usually happens, IMO.

 

A nice 'problem' to have. Always good to have options. I might make a couple of nucs just as backup in case of a queen failure.

 

I used to think a nuc would not produce afterswarms with many queen cells but this year I've found that to be a lie. Made a bunch of splits and a scary large proportion adterswarmed with tiny swarms. Looking back i wish I left the "best" cell per split

 

in general a supercedure will have 3 or less cells, 4 or more is Swarm impulse.
are these "Emergency" cells?

if the hive wanted to swarm then it is possible for tiny swarms.
if you have E cells or supercedure cells then it would very likely not swarm.
it is about what the bees have planned.

agree if you have "many" cells, i like to remove some of the smaller ones.
sometime a small one can hatch first and kill the others in the cells, when you did have some nice cells.

GG

 

Well, I can now tell you what happens next.

I decided that the resources in this mating nuc could be better used in other hives. I need more workers, not more queens. So, I went in to cut out all the emergency cells and found a grand total of 2. The bees had already sorted out the problem I was worried about.

 

Well, I can now tell you what happens next.

I decided that the resources in this nook could be better used in other hives, so I went in to cut out all of the emergency cells. I found a grand total of two. The bees had already sorted out the problem I was worried about.