one swarm or two?

Started by Damonh, June 05, 2009, 10:55:59 AM

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#1
June 05, 2009, 11:24:47 AM
My guess would be one. I'd think that the queen landed on the lower branch and left some of her pheromone there, and then flew up to the upper branch and attracted the rest of the swarm.
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JP

#2
June 05, 2009, 12:11:54 PM
My guess is the cluster fell, along with the queen, she's on the lower branch now, soon they'll all be where she is.

All this of course without seeing it and more details, one swarm.


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NasalSponge

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June 05, 2009, 07:12:01 PM
Either way that is a great picture!!

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June 05, 2009, 08:48:33 PM
Quote from: NasalSponge on June 05, 2009, 07:12:01 PM
Either way that is a great picture!!

I agree, that is a very cool picture!


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qa33010

#5
June 06, 2009, 01:32:05 AM
   Great imitation of a bunch of grapes.  But yep one swarm.
Everyone said it couldn't be done. But he with a chuckle replied, "I won't be one to say it is so, until I give it a try."  So he buckled right in with a trace of a grin.  If he had a worry he hid it and he started to sing as he tackled that thing that couldn't be done, and he did it.  (unknown)

JP

#6
June 06, 2009, 01:44:59 AM
This is a swarm I dealt with in April http://picasaweb.google.com/pyxicephalus/April132009#
The queen left the box, because I may have puffed too much smoke on her and this is what they did, it was pretty cool.


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Damonh

#7
June 09, 2009, 10:13:28 AM
UP-DATE.....I had the swarm in two different hive bodies. I got the idea to set them next to each other thinking if it was one swarm then they would move in together. Well last night Zack and I combined the two boxes and there was a dead queen in the entrance this morning. I think there were either two queens or Zack and I might have rolled the queen in the combine.
Damon

egehan

#8
June 25, 2009, 01:49:30 PM
Interesting. I hope one swarm.

applebwoi

#9
July 19, 2009, 03:29:48 AM
Good luck in getting it straightened out and I hope you still have a queen in there somewhere.  What do you plan to do now that you found the dead queen?  I guess if there is a living queen in there you should see brood very soon, even if you can't find the queen. I am very poor at finding queens but if I can see young brood I'm usually satisfied.  Anyway, great pic!
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