This morning I noticed some bearding on the back side of deep I put them in. Does this mean they are thinking of swarming agan?
Hive is full or too hot
I put a frame of new brood from one of my other hives into the box
You should put the oldest brood where bees are emerging. New brood only takes room from nuc.
Also feeding sugar makes lack of room. No use to feed. Feeding makes swarming.
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You do not tell how big you hive is. Is it one box or 5 frames.
When you have more hives, you can gve emerging brood so that hive occupy one langstroth. One full brood frame produces bees to 3 frame.
The aim is get one box full of brood. After 4 weeks you have 2-3 box bees. After 7 weeks That hive is able to collect honey.
They build new combs without feeding like they do on nature.