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======= I am still quite new to this but have experience of dividing colony last autumn. Hope this helps. Other members : Please do correct me if I have not done it correctly. I acquired a small colony in a nuc last July. In August/Sept the colony kept producing queen cells (to swarm). I had...

Queenless colony =================================== Are you sure there is no new queen present? They are longer and orange in colour, thin if it is still a virgin. I think it takes 2 weeks for a new virgin to be mated. May be she met her demise while out mating. If you can't see any queen...

Here is an useful link. I used it to build my National Hives. http://www.thorne.co.uk/instructions.htm