I just checked my hive yesterday, May 16, after installing on April 11 (5
weeks ago). Since I'm new at this, I'm not completely sure what I was
looking at but it looked like swarm cells. I checked a book later and it
appears that I was right. I put a second deep super on yesterday and I'm
going back in today to take another look. Hopefully it's just swarm cells
and no queen larvae. I hope adding the second super will convince the bees
to stay put. It does look like an early swarming season here in Michigan,
too.
I did read in a book that if one should blow up a hive that is intent on
swarming, then they probably won't swarm.
John Moote
[log in to unmask]