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How to detect and handle the swarming bee colony:
* Follow the [[scale-hives]] online. When their weight begins to rise, the swarming tendency usually decreases.
* A laid queen cell cup is always an indication of swarming behavior.
* If wax foundations have not been built, swarming has begun and vice versa.
* If swarming behavior has clearly begun, split the swarming hives so that the new hive will be formed with the queen from the old hive.
* Only two swarm cells should be left to develop, while any additional swarm cells should be removed.
* The old hive will grow the new queen from a swarm queen cell.
* The new queen from the queen swarm cell can be replaced with a bred queen either later in summer or during winter feeding in fall.
 
'''Early summer'''<br />
It is essential to follow the bee colonies’ swarming behavior. The highest intensity to swarm continues until the main nectar flow begins. To estimate and detect swarming tendency: <br />
*Follow the [[scale-hives]] online. When their weight begins to rise, the swarming tendency usually decreases.
*Follow the disposition of building new wax combs. The colony prepares to swarm, when building new combs stops.
* ''A. m. mellifera'' seldom hang out from the flight entrance when preparing to swarm, so don't wait for that.
* Once Follow the disposition of building new wax combs. The colony prepares to swarm cell , when building new combs stops. * If swarming behavior has startedclearly begun, splitting split the swarming hives so that the new hive is will be formed with the natural solution to control swarming behavior.queen from the old hive:
* Take the old queen and a couple brood combs without queen cells with workers aside in its own bee hive (the unmarked queen might be very hard to find). The original colony that no longer has a queen will raise the new queen from a swarm cell. This queen will later be changed to a reared queen at the end of the season, usually during feeding!
* Put one drone frame in every new, added hive body, The ''A. m. mellifera'' queen lays often eggs in every hive body.