Okay just had a hive swarm, what do I do next?
Had one of my hives swarm this morning, right now swarm is pitched in an oak tree about 25 feet right above my hive. This was a second year queen and the hive was quite heavy. Poor beekeeping on my part not to have known more and done more swarm control. Have two swarm traps about 100 yards in different directions and might get lucky but have really ?written? these bees off.
So what do I do next with the hive they left from? Should I wait and let them raise a new queen, or buy a queen ASAP and place in the hive, or something else? If I check in a couple of days for queen cells and there are several how many should I leave?
Thanks for any help and information.