A swarm I caught a few weeks ago is looking like it's about to replace the queen that came with them. This colony came from a bee tree in my area, and I would really like to save the old queen for the genetics if possible. Any chance that I could save her if I made up a nuc and put her in there after they have the supercedure cells completed or is her fate doomed already? They had just started working on them yesterday when I looked in on them.
TIA
TIA