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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.
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 [[Splitting a hive Controlled swarming |handle the swarming colony]]. <div style="float:left;"><gallery caption="Queen cell cups" mode="packed-hover">File:Queen_cup_hybrids.jpg| Queen cell cup eith hybrid beesFile:Remove queen cup.jpg|Removing a queen cell cupFile:Queen_cell.jpg|Sealed queen cell cupFile:queen_pupa.JPG|Queen pupa</gallery></div> <br /><embedvideo service="youtube">https://youtu.be/HhJydl5Q52M</embedvideo>
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