Yup, just like Don Studinski said in his honeybee split class, we waited about a week.
We found evidence of fresh larvae (queen had to have laid it after the split) so we are happy to announce we still have a queen. That meant Beckie needs to see queen cells and evidence that her group is producing a queen.
She saw multiple cells so she is on the way to creating a queen. Next week (ABOUT A WEEK) she will toast a glass of wine (and not go in the hive) in hopes that her queen will be on it's nuptial flight, returning as a fertilized queen ready to lay!
We think we have avoided a swarm for our hive...keeping fingers crossed until the end of May.
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