I think they will swarm I'd split the old queen some nurse bees and a few frames of brood if you want to artifically swarm. Just my opinion though. Save the good queen.
+1 on JJ's advice,I think they will swarm I'd split the old queen some nurse bees and a few frames of brood if you want to artifically swarm. Just my opinion though. Save the good queen.
Thanks Michael. When I last looked in the hive there was one queen cell that was almost fully built and it looked like they were making another queen cell right below it. It did not look to me like there was anything in the cells but I have no experience to go off of. Does the queen lay the egg in the cells before they make it into a queen cell or after? I haven't had a chance to get in there again in the last weak due to rainy weather. Tomorrow is supposed to be decent so I will try and get a peek inside again and see what kind of progress they have made. If they are just supersedure cells then I will probably just let them do their own thing and not interfere. Do you think this is wise? But if they are going to swarm I would like to keep the swarm (free bees!) and raise another hive. I just didn't want to go through the trouble of having to catch the swarm or miss them altogether.The best way to tell them apart is probably that swarm cells are all different ages and supersedure cells are all the same age...