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hello every one, I am first year new bee keeper, yesterday in my inspection, I saw a queen cell at the bottom of the frame that is capped and another one in about the middle of the frame that is still open but I can see a large larvae in it and bees where attending to it, not sure if the photos I have uploaded will be visible correctly, but here is my questions, does that mean my bees have swarmed or about to swarm, also that capped queen cell , how long for it for the queen to come out and is it still time for it to be mated and start laying for winter bees, or should I just buy a queen