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Title: Pics: Swarmed twice and Returned
Post by: StephenSDH on May 17, 2010, 09:02:20 PM
I opened up my hive an split off a same nuc with two capped queen cells.  That afternoon the hive swarmed and then returned without clustering.  The second day the swarmed and cluster in a pine tree.  I geared up and made it all the way up the tree just for them to return to the hive. 

Pics of them returning.  Pretty amazing to watch I just wish it was someone elses bees.  I took pictures of them in the air, but it didn't do it justice.  I put a bait box out, but had to go to work the third day.  There are not in the bait box, so I'm not sure if they left.

http://img168.imageshack.us/i/img8618.jpg/ (http://img168.imageshack.us/i/img8618.jpg/)
http://img188.imageshack.us/i/img8610j.jpg/ (http://img188.imageshack.us/i/img8610j.jpg/)
Title: Re: Pics: Swarmed twice and Returned
Post by: AllenF on May 17, 2010, 09:32:20 PM
Great pics.