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Please don’t ask. Started the shenanigans at 10am and finished at 7.30pm. p.s. Must increase my hive numbers to 5 although did have 6...

I hope you didn’t leave any other queen cells behind.

Me too!

new queen emerged from a capped cell as I was going through the hive.

+ open cell to ensure (as much as possible) there’s a viable future Q in there.

I like an open cell because I know when the queen will emerge and I know that I can safely go back in one week to remove any others...

And. Go back into the hive they swarmed from pick a nice big open cell with a larva in it ( or a nice fat queen cell if they are all...

If all you have given them is foundation there is a high likelihood that they are currently building wild comb in the bit with no frames...

If I've got both open cells and capped cells is there a preference? Is this something that can wait til tomorrow or does it need doing...

I also have a DLQ in a 14x12 with drawn comb and stores - no worker brood or eggs in it that I need to sort out. Can I just evict them...

Thanks for the replies. Should I add the extra frames to fill the void straight away (will that make them less likely to re-depart) or...

Leave the nuc where it is (under the bush where they were located) with the entrance open until evening. Then move it to where you want...

Put a queen excluder over the entrance so they wont abscond again if they decide to

I take it bees will remain in garden? If so I’d simply move nuc to desired spot as soon as the majority have settled. The bees left out...

I just watched my hive swarm. Have been away for a couple of days - did an inspection yesterday and full of capped swarm cells - as...