Began beekeeping in 2012. Late spring 2014, my entire hive swarmed left me. Looking back, I thought I was doing all the right things but no doubt I was not. I was of the mindset to leave the bees alone as much as possible instead of inspecting on a routine basis. Well my girls said see ya. :smile:
The only positive is they moved to about a 1/3 of a mile away and they are doing fine in my friends barn. He loves having them around. I told him I'm putting out every swarm trap I know to try and get at least some of my girls to come home. In case that doesn't work, I already have my package ordered for an April delivery. So this year beginning again with one hive and hopefully two :grin:
welcome! yhea you gotta keep those girls in check. i dont believe in the "hands off organic beekeeping" aproach.
My girls made me a believer real fast in the the organic hands off approach. Oh they were healthy alright, as they flew off towards the east on that one fateful day.
Welcome to the forum!
Welcome to Beemaster.
Jim
Welcome to the forum from southern Colorado
when I catch bees I use a queen excluder on the front for 1 to 2 weeks
Welcome, you may have fed them too much causing them to backfill the broodnest, then swarm.
When you learn how to keep bees from swarming the next thing is learning to herd cats. :cheesy: