Hello Regina, there is a saying among beeks', "Honeybees will do what they want to when they want to do it". That being said- it does sound like they want to swarm and no this is not a good time to do it but they do seem congested and that is a 'trigger' for swarming activity. Were the queen cells up in the frames or hanging from the bottom of the frame? If they are up in the brood area of the frame then they are most likely supersedure cells and are there to replace a defective queen. Leave these alone as the bees have decided they need a new queen.-normal,it happens. If the q-cells are on the frame bottoms- this is early swarm activity and if you can I would make a few splits. One of the splits from each hive should include the old queen so as to simulate the swarm has left. Try to equalize the strength and stores of your colonies - make sure you leave a couple 2or 3 queen cells for the parent colony or it will go queenless. Your better queen cells will be @1-1/4" or longer and well mottled ( chewed up rough surface- like a peanut shell). If you still think you have a lot of Q-cells you might check locally to see if anyone could use a cell or two.
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