hive-got-bees
New Bee
My hive swarmed on Sunday (20 May), but I don't think it's swarmed further as it's still fairly full (6 brood frames are well covered in bees) and there is one capped queen cell and several uncapped. I've read conflicting advice about what to do next. Should I cull all but two of the strongest queen cells to stop cast swarms? Alternatively, would it be feasible to remove one of the frames with a good QC on it and put it into a nuc with 2 more frames (with QCs removed), leaving another frame with QC and the rest of the frames in the original hive? Given that the hive has already swarmed, do I run the risk of having too few bees in the hive and the nuc to raise 2 new colonies?
Thanks for any advice.
Thanks for any advice.