We had checked on this hive two week ago. The queen was laying a full brood pattern and there were about 6 frames full of capped brood. If we did not split them, I fear they would indeed swarm on their onw. So, we caught the queen and moved her over to a new location with her own deep from the original hive. I shook a few frames into the original hive and made sure the original box had fresh eggs and 1-3 day old larva. This queen was sourced from a wild swarm catch on the campus about 3 years ago. She actually appeared to have been a failed queen but a new location solved the problem.
The original double deep yellow hive body was split into two. The original bottom yellow box stayed in place. The top yellow box with the queen went to the corner and is now the Yellow Orange hive body.
