I now have 4 full colonies and 1 small (result of artificial swarm).
I did the a/s as I was going away for a week and the colony was heaving but
had no swarm prep. They were waiting until they saw the taxi pull away up the drive before they started a new Q. cell!!
The B/Y colony is the culprit.
Anyway, the 'swarm' hive with red Q. is thriving (split done 9th June).
Bees drawing out comb and Q. filling it with eggs.
The 'original' brood hive started a new Q. cell which should have hatched on 25th June. ……………. still waiting on 4th July. Well I've heard that the bees sometimes delay the emergence of the virgin queen - but 9 days?
Tomorrow I will take a last look and then decide what to do.
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