Scott Moser wrote:

>      Today, I opened a hive that I started 3 weeks ago as a split.  Two
> weeks ago, I replaced the old queen with a young queen that I had purchased.
> Upon opening the hive today, the first nice, warm, sunny day in 5 days, I
> found the beginnings of 2 swarm cells in the burr comb on the bottom of one
> of the frames.

Are you sure they are swarm cells? I would suggest the bees found the new
queen inferior and are making superseedure cells to replace her.

You can see the difference on the location and number of cells. If the
bees want to swarm, they are making a larger number of cells in the
periphery of the brood area. If they are making superseedure cells, you
will find one or two cells in the center of the brood area.

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