Dave Green quotes "Once there are swarm cells, it is time to bow to the
inevitable and split them...."

Help me out here. My understanding was that once bees had it in mind to
swarm, there was nothing you could do to stop them. I agree that cutting
cells is a waste of time and I have no intention of practicing this. I
would however like to understand more about splitting once there obvious
signs of swarming.

Can you split anytime after you detect swarm cells? Will this stop them, or
will you simply have 2 swarms instead of 1? Did I miss something here?

I would like Dave's thoughts on this and anyone else that has experience.

Thanks for the info.

Kurt Bower

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