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If the bees were going to swarm, wouldn't they do that before the new queen hatched?
I have a strong hive that I thought was going to swarm. The queen is ~1yr old. I've been seeing a few occupied "swarm" cells, and as long as they are quite small I've been taking them out. I don't want to make another split right now, so I figured I'd let them go and see what happens. They've been bearding a lot, but has been hot.
Yesterday, I was going to take some honey off, and when I opened the top I saw a virgin queen run off the frames down into the hive. Then I noticed some torn supercedure cells on one of the frames.
Any ideas as to what might be going on?
Thanks!
I have a strong hive that I thought was going to swarm. The queen is ~1yr old. I've been seeing a few occupied "swarm" cells, and as long as they are quite small I've been taking them out. I don't want to make another split right now, so I figured I'd let them go and see what happens. They've been bearding a lot, but has been hot.
Yesterday, I was going to take some honey off, and when I opened the top I saw a virgin queen run off the frames down into the hive. Then I noticed some torn supercedure cells on one of the frames.
Any ideas as to what might be going on?
Thanks!