Another swarming question

[Dared]

What should you do when you find swarm cells and supercedure cells in the same frame / hive? Do you assume they are all swarm cells?

The swarm going would be a prime swarm so old queen?

 

[snelgrove]

What should you do when you find swarm cells and supercedure cells in the same frame / hive? Do you assume they are all swarm cells?

The swarm going would be a prime swarm so old queen?

Not sure how you could tell that they are swarm and supersedure . will be swarm cells at this time of year and if many.

 

[dexter's shed]

you can get both on the same frame,

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

you can get both on the same frame,

How can you differentiate? do they label them?
and none of this guff about swarm cells at the bottom and supersedure in the middle.
a QC is a QC. if you have them in the middle of the frame and around the sides of the same frame you have........................
A frame full of QC's ! thus probably they are swarm cells (not a mix of both )

 

[Thymallus]

you can get both on the same frame,

Which means they are going to swarm.....You could of course try knocking down the swarm cells and hope the ones you've left are supercedure.....But I wouldn't recommend it. This is swarm season.

 

[Travelator]

Even if you find what looks like a textbook case of supersedure (single QC in the colony in the middle of a frame), at this time of year it's probably safest to assume that they're preparing to swarm and act accordingly. There might well be a few more QC's hidden at the sides of frames that you haven't spotted...

In this particular case, I agree with JBM - lots of QCs means swarm preparations, regardless of where they are on the frame.

 

[Dared]

How can you differentiate? do they label them?
and none of this guff about swarm cells at the bottom and supersedure in the middle.
a QC is a QC. if you have them in the middle of the frame and around the sides of the same frame you have........................
A frame full of QC's ! thus probably they are swarm cells (not a mix of both )

I agree realy just assume if there are 3 or more all swarm cells. Did AS so hopefully will work out.