First year beek and everything here in N. California is starting to heat up. Almond are blooming and temps are at 70F. I have 2 deeps and a full honey super on currently. Opened up the hive and found capped brood, open larva, a few drone cells and pollen everywhere. Didn't see the queen(too many bee's)/ Bee's cover the top and lower deep. I want to split to avoid a swarm but if I wait until the queens are available it may be too late because there doesn't seem like there's room for the for the queen to lay. I added a medium super that just has foundation on under the top honey super. What to do? Could someone offer suggestions?
taking out some of the honey works taking some of the pollen works. when you replace with empty comb. while your in the box divide it in two.
just saw a presentation on spliting. there are four types of spliting.
if you see the drones flying then one doesn't need a purchased queen they will make their own
can't advise you on california but swarm season is at least a month away down here. we're in about a 3 week cold snap and my hives are mostly packed like yours with a good bit of brood. i'm feeding today because it's supposed to make up to 60>