There's nothing that can be done now but I was wondering what effect these cooler temperatures could have on the development and mating of the new queens in the splits I made on March 15th. Where I live the night time lows could get in the low 30s for the next four days.
There were capped cells or a queen in all splits. From what I know, cells are capped in day 7 1/2 or 8. The queen emerges day 16 or 17, depending on temps. Mating is day 17 to 20.
This puts my new queens in jeopardy for their mating flights if my calculations are correct. I figure the worst I'll have to do is recombine a couple of colonies.