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Title: swarm
Post by: budsbee on June 30, 2008, 05:49:38 PM
on june 28 my bees just took and said goodby but alot of them stayed home. i check them today and they are bring in a lot of pollen and there is just a lot of them around. could there have been two queens in there and one took off. i have pic of them in a tree after they swarm there was a ton of them. will post later.
Title: Re: swarm
Post by: derrick1p1 on June 30, 2008, 06:06:59 PM
When a hive swarms, the swarm takes the "old" queen with them.  Left behind is either a virgin queen or capped queen "swarm" cells.  After the new queen mates, she will begin laying and building up the hive.  Do you have brood/eggs?  It sounds like you have a queen and will be okay.
Title: Re: swarm
Post by: budsbee on June 30, 2008, 07:56:40 PM
i hope so. to look at the hive you would never know any of them left.