I just got back from 2 weeks vacation and I'm already in trouble.  When I
left it was snowing and no leaves out so I put a pail of food on my 3 deep
hive and the last of the meds.  Last night I opened up the hive and had a
full deep of dandilion honey, 30 frames covered with bees, lots of brood;
but I didn't look for eggs and 14 swarm cells... one opened.

The queens were in various stages. A few milky, many white and a few hairy
and starting to darken.  The open one bothers me.  Is there any thing I can
do to prevent a swarm?  Have they already swarmed? Who leaves under these
conditions, the vigin queen or my 1 year old carniolin?  How lonf before
they leave? Can I do my divide tonight and try and seperate the two queens?
Is it possible to try and find the new queen? HELP!

Regards,
Dick Wm. Waskey
Scandia Minnesota

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