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Title: my bees swarms
Post by: budsbee on June 27, 2008, 10:56:11 PM
hello. i was looking out my back door today, and i could not belive what i was seeing. all my bees just pack up and lift.
how what do i do, just leve them and hope they will make a new queen. or is there some one who has a queen for sale. i got some pic i hope they come out they went about 50 feet up in the tree.  :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: my bees swarms
Post by: CBEE on June 28, 2008, 10:20:02 AM
If they swarmed they should have already made a new queen. It may take some time for her to start laying so you need to keep an eye on things to make sure its OK. You are probably seeing a large amount of drones right now also. You need to watch for possible afterswarms