Here is a swarm schedule showing you the timing of what to expect when your colony swarms.

Here is a schedule that shows the timing for a hive that has swarmed to re-queen itself. To use this schedule write the date that the swarm occurred on row 10. For example, if your colony swarmed on May 28 then write "5/28" on row ten. Fill in the rest of the calendar day column from that date.

This schedule won't be exact. Swarms usually occur when the queen cell is capped. However there may be some deviation of a day or two if the mother queen is not ready to fly yet. Filling in this schedule helps you know what to expect.

(Eidt: If you are on mobile you may need to scroll the table to the right to view it all).

Calendar Day	Day	Event
	1	Queen lays egg
	2
	3
	4	Queen cell is started
	5
	6
	7
	8
	9
Write the Swarm Date Here	10	Queen cell is capped. Colony swarms.
	11	Be extra careful with
	12	frames with queen
	13	cells for these
	14	four days.
	15
	16	Virgin queen emerges
	17	do not disturb
	18	do not disturb
	19	do not disturb
	20	do not disturb
	21	mating flights
	22	mating flights
	23
	24
	25
	26
	27
	28
	29
	30
	31	Check for eggs
	32
	33
	34	Check for larvae. If there are eggs/larvae then queen is laying.
	35
	36
	37	If no eggs/larvae then the hive did not successfully re-queen itself. Re-queen.

(I posted this in another thread but it comes up often enough that I thought I would repost for all to see.)

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Colony expect Schedule showing Swarm swarms Timing

Here is a swarm schedule showing you the timing of what to expect when your colony swarms.