> I made two nucs with swarm cells this spring. I have done this before with reasonable success. I separated the nucs from the parent colony by 15-20 feet. This year two strikes - When I checked back, there was no queen and no queen cell in either. I don't know why they did not raise a queen. I have now given one of the colonies another queen cell and the other a frame with eggs from which to raise an emergency queen. I am about to check to see if they are queen right. Just when we think we know what we are doing, the bees fool us. Larry Krengel Marengo, IL USA > every one of them had torn down > the swarm cells and were busily storing nectar in all available cells. I was sort > of surprised > that they didn't raise a single queen from all those swarm cells. I wonder if I > had taken the nucs away and distributed them in other yards if they would have > done the same. Any thoughts, Aaron or anyone else? > > Ted Fischer > Dexter, Michigan USA