Post Pi day swap

March 15, 2015. I decided today, rather than try to make a walk-away split, I would take the 3 boxes and swap the order. The top box had some capped brood and some sugar water stores. The middle box had been full of brood, 1 week ago. The bottom box had been the one that was full of bees walking on foundation but no brood last week. I put the shallow on the bottom with a queen excluder above it. I've put the brood box on top of it, reversing the order they had been. I've been put the box that had foundation but no brood on the very top. The theory is that the queen will move up. I am also feeding, so bees are going up to the top anyway.
I put this queen excluder between the shallow and the box with brood so that if the Queen was in the shallow, for some reason, she would be isolated there and it would be easier for me to find her and move her to a nook next weekend.
If she's in the middle box she will move up to the top and begin laying up there. I should see capped brood or at least larvae by next weekend.
I must check her on the 21st to make sure where she is.
The box is full of bees but they seem to have plenty of room. However, I put a notebook and a box out on the rack. Both of them have foundation in them. Maybe if they swarm they might choose to go to one of these. I also have 2 swarm traps in the trees on either side of the house so I might catch a swarm or I might catch one of my own.
As far as what's blooming: I believe we're still a bit cold out here. Other beeks are splitting their boxes, but I don't see queen cells in mine.
This past 24 hours has been warmer and lots of things have come into bloom in the neighborhood. My days are very busy and bringing in lots of pollen, that's a good sign! The oak and pine pollen is heavy. The dogwoods have just begun to the bloom. But I don't see any crimson clover. There is some small white clover. The Bradford pear trees in the area have come into bloom.