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[Susan Hodges <susanjhodges AT gmail.com>]

We are new beekeepers. We installed 2 nuc colonies on April 10.  They have done really well. Both brood boxes are almost full of brood and honey. One has 2 frames left to pull and the other has almost finished all 8 frames in the top box.  That colony has swarm cells on the bottom of the frames in the top box.We added a honey super to this hive on Saturday   Is it too late to split this colony to prevent a swarm?  Anything else we can do? 

We do not have the equipment on hand to start a new colony, but we could get some. Will this rain hold off a swarm for a couple of days?

Thanks for your input

Susan Hodges