Will the Bees Swarm?

The beekeepers were here yesterday to check on the hives.

Here is a frame loaded with honey.  But to keep the bees from swarming it is important to give them more room to store honey, and pollen and lay eggs.

With a successful hive the sky is the limit.

There are a lot of bees, and if they are too crowded they will produce new queens and swarm.

In one hive they see a queen cup, which means the bees are ready to swarm.

There is the royal jelly of the queen cup.

Now our beekeepers must find the queen.

Looking for the queen is quite a project.  When she is found they will try to trick her into thinking she has swarmed.  Good luck!
The queen in hive #2 was found later, and we are hoping for the best.