[Monie]

I checked my hived swarm, today, and saw a capped swarm cell. There are also a few emergency queen cups. Since there are very few bees, enough to cover 3 medium frames, will they actually swarm or will they stay put?? BTW, the capped cell is at the bottom of the frame.

Thanks.

 

[AmericasBeekeeper]

Sounds like a challenge, they want to replace the queen and swarm too. If you kill all the queen cells you are stuck with a damaged or inferior queen until the bees win. Putting a mated queen in and killing all the queen cells should get good results.

 

[wcubed]

Leave them alone and let them supersede. If you stay in their knickers, you run the risk of damaging their only chance of natural survival - the single SS cell.
Walt