Bees at night and agitated bees

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Let’s tie in from the other post so you can just read this thread. I’m sure @JeffH @Dawn_SD and @Doug1 will help too.

You might be able to preempt a swarm with some luck. Here is info -

Trying to prevent swarm

I love New Hampshire! Spent many summer and winter weeks there as a kid. Winter losses can be that bad here too, and worse. Of my four colonies last season only one survived - but as I mentioned, there was increase! And now I have four colonies again. If you’re certain your frames had swarm cells on the bottoms, you might not prevent a swarm from issuing by putting on a second brood box. It might be more effective to split your nuc, if you can believe it. Best to do some reading and figure out …

It’s a lot of reading, but unless you have someone with experience helping you hands-on, it’s the best thing to do. Good luck!