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Buddy mine told me bees were coming and going from one my traps. I checked that box on Monday nobody home then. I gave it a squirt on the entrance. So I got there this morning at daylight. Covered the entrance. Took a peek in. A lot of bees. So I got ready to take it down. I noticed a small cluster. Bigger than a softball. So I figured it was probably another Virgin Queen. Luckily I had a cardboard box in back of truck. I was able to cut the little tree they were on and got them in the box. I did a quick look at home but didn?t see her. So I just dumped them in a nuc. I?m guessing virgins. I?ll wait 10 days or so and check for a laying queen. I?ve heard of multiple virgins in a swarm. Is it common for a virgin to be in with a mated Queen?
Nock good for you. I don?t have much experience with swarms so I will let those with more knowledge than I answer.
When I first looked at your pic of the swarm, I saw a HEART shaped swarm, yes, kinda of heart shaped if you look at the picture. Totally cool, your swarm loves you.
Blessings
Van
Quote from: van from Arkansas on May 02, 2020, 08:12:00 PM
Nock good for you. I don?t have much experience with swarms so I will let those with more knowledge than I answer.
When I first looked at your pic of the swarm, I saw a HEART shaped swarm, yes, kinda of heart shaped if you look at the picture. Totally cool, your swarm loves you.
Blessings
Van
You know now that you say that it does. I hope they do.
Typically if the swarm has a mated queen then there are no virgins since the swarm usually leaves when they cap the queen cells. If weather keeps them from swarming for a week then there could be virgins. Usually when you have virgin queens in a swarm it is an afterswarm where they swarm after the queen cells hatch.