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Queen Cells. Swarm Cells vs Supersedure Cells
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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 8660" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>The difference between supersedure and swarming always used to be pretty obvious and it often still is but I have noticed since varoa that you can get quite a few hives that can't work out what they want to do. I get quite a few hives that look like they are superseding but with just a few extra cells and some of these will swarm. If the Queen is laying well I treat it as if it is swarming and cut out all the cells but if it's laying looks a bit patchy I will go through and cut out all but one and this normally leads to a supersedure but at least of the hive does swarm it will only swarm once. I have been seeing quite a few hives lately that have started to swarm and then change their minds and you see queen cells full of Royal jelly but with the grub gone. It pays to treat these hives as if they are swarming and weaken them down somewhat.</p><p>Don't be too disheartened if your hives swarms. I have been doing this for over 50 years and I still have hives that swarm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 8660, member: 207"] The difference between supersedure and swarming always used to be pretty obvious and it often still is but I have noticed since varoa that you can get quite a few hives that can't work out what they want to do. I get quite a few hives that look like they are superseding but with just a few extra cells and some of these will swarm. If the Queen is laying well I treat it as if it is swarming and cut out all the cells but if it's laying looks a bit patchy I will go through and cut out all but one and this normally leads to a supersedure but at least of the hive does swarm it will only swarm once. I have been seeing quite a few hives lately that have started to swarm and then change their minds and you see queen cells full of Royal jelly but with the grub gone. It pays to treat these hives as if they are swarming and weaken them down somewhat. Don't be too disheartened if your hives swarms. I have been doing this for over 50 years and I still have hives that swarm. [/QUOTE]
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