noticed after the last hatching that there was less brood. seems the numbers are down also. figured the queen was failing. don't see any queen cells. guess i'll have to go pull a frame of eggs for them.
that's not the interesting thing: i saw the queen walking around the comb. the bees around her were not attending to her, but seemed to be herding her around. they were agitated. they eventually drove her around the back and i lost track. new thing for me to see. sure do love this hive.
Are they preparing to swarm??? They will run the queen around like that to get her into flight shape.
Scott
i don't think so. i see no swarm cells, although there could be some hidden behind the frame. on the chance that they might, i have put a swarm trap out. if they do, it will be a small swarm!