Day 3 of Hived Swam...I heard to sound and saw the activity by the hive entrance. A bunch of bees bearded or clustered on the front ront of hive...now all is well..I was going to go take the excluder off should I with this acticvty?
Well????!!!!! We're waiting! I want to know the answer, too. What are they doing clustering so soon after being hived? Hello....anybody out there? :-D
After they buzzed and hummed and looked like they were swarming again. It calmed down, andin around 10 minutes everything was status quo. Rdy-B mentioned to me that it may have been an orientation flight.
I removed the queen excluder that I was using as an "includer" this afternoon, whatever happens now...happens...I am back to work tomorrow :roll:
I guess I'm just nervous for you. After reading about the big adventure you had just getting them into the hive, I don't want anything to happen to them! It makes sense that there would be a lot of bees on the front since EVERYBODY in the hive has to learn where their new home is.
Thanks Kimbrell, It was quite the adventure for me, a BRAND NEW experience! So I am a bit intense about the "what now" factor. When I hard that LOUD hum, and saw that swirling action, well, ...best get myself back to present tense!
Time for another adventure, someone else's I hope!