Question for Rinda - I inspected my hive today and the population is booming. There is still room in the top box (outer 2 on each side are still empty) and they are working/capping frames in the super. I pulled the super off and on a couple of frames at the bottom there were a few queen cups, but they are empty. Is there a time frame from when a cup is made to when the queen lays in it? I know that once the queen lays in it, it's 15 days or so until you have a swarm. (since the new queen hatches in 16 days) I'd like to split the hive if they are going to swarm and not lose them.
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