Officer Ed’s hives were inspected once again. The last inspection produced 2 splits with queens. Leaving behind 2 shallow boxes full of bees and a couple of unhatched capped queen cells. It looks like a new queen has emerged and a earlier queen may have smarmed since our last inspection.
While there are still a considerable number of bees, the activity is much lesser and the Queen is clearly unmated. No other unemerged queen cells were seen. This may be the last of the swarming for now. The upper 3rd shallow brood chamber was opened to the bees. This hive does not have a queen excluder.
