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I have a hive that may be about to swarm. We are just now getting Daffodils and Maple blooms and they have already filled three boxes with brood. I pulled one frame from the third (top) box and It had two empty queen cups on the bottom of it. I reversed boxes the weekend before last which means they have brood in every box. I pulled that comb because I saw the queen scoot away and I put it my nuc that has a virgin queen and still no eggs after a month.
-Will the nuc make another queen if they already have one and she is not mated?
-I am thinking about taking a whole box off the big hive and putting it on a package I installed last weekend.
-Do you think I have till the weekend or should I do some checker brooding like tomorrow? Is my only option splitting if they are so big this early? I should have at least tipped the boxes back to see if they had any more queen cells on the bottom but I didn't think to do it.
Thanks for the advice
-Will the nuc make another queen if they already have one and she is not mated?
-I am thinking about taking a whole box off the big hive and putting it on a package I installed last weekend.
-Do you think I have till the weekend or should I do some checker brooding like tomorrow? Is my only option splitting if they are so big this early? I should have at least tipped the boxes back to see if they had any more queen cells on the bottom but I didn't think to do it.
Thanks for the advice