Hive L: has one capped queen cell and a few uncapped cells. I found the queen and placed her in a matchbox. I considered removing her from the hive so that they wouldn’t swarm. I didn’t want an angry (queenless) colony so decided to clip her wings instead. The super is now being filled – perhaps 50%.
Hive R: The artificial swarm in Hive R is building up the foundation well so hopefully they are established. Many bees still cover the landing board during the day as if they want to swarm still. The second super is nearly full so another will be added in a few days.
Hive W: Moved this queenless hive to its new position about 2m to the right of Hive R. The colony has created another queen cell which I will leave. The original queen cell remained capped. The flying bees are still collecting nectar.
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