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In most cases, carefully checking three frames from the middle of the brood area will reveal swarming behavior, if it is present. | In most cases, carefully checking three frames from the middle of the brood area will reveal swarming behavior, if it is present. | ||
Tilting the brood hive body and inspecting the lower edges of the frames is a fast method for detecting swarming behavior and it also reveals most cases of swarming behavior. | Tilting the brood hive body and inspecting the lower edges of the frames is a fast method for detecting swarming behavior and it also reveals most cases of swarming behavior. | ||
If swarming behavior is detected, such as eggs in queen cell cups, additional steps should be taken to [[ | If swarming behavior is detected, such as eggs in queen cell cups, additional steps should be taken to [[Controlled swarming |handle the swarming colony]]. | ||
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<gallery caption="Queen cell cups" mode="packed-hover"> | |||
File:Queen_cup_hybrids.jpg| Queen cell cup eith hybrid bees | |||
File:Remove queen cup.jpg|Removing a queen cell cup | |||
File:Queen_cell.jpg|Sealed queen cell cup | |||
File:queen_pupa.JPG|Queen pupa | |||
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://youtu.be/HhJydl5Q52M</embedvideo> | |||
[[Category:Queen]] | [[Category:Queen]] | ||
[[Category:Early summer]] |