Not knowing the difference between swarm cells and emergency cells leads to bad outcomes for your colony...

Removal vs. Requeen vs Replicate?

Decisions...Decisions!

You want to figure out what's best for your colony while not weakening it and lowering your worries?

The BEST thing to do is to get the right knowledge you can afford to make the best Intervention! Timing is Key...

• Get a grip on the season your bees are in > flow, dearth?

• Get your eyes on the prize > are there eggs and larvae?

• How to judge? > good brood pattern / poor brood?

• Get your ID on queen cell types > Swarming or Supercedure?

• Where is her majesty? > Spotted your queen

• When is best to intervene? > Timing is key!

• What to do with spare queen cells? > Replicate Your colony!

• P.S. We never "remove" or destroy queen cells...