Is there a surefire way to tell a swarm from a supercedure?

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Fishing-Nut

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May 08, 2020, 10:32:42 AM
Well I went into them yesterday planning to start a nuc....both of the queen cells are gone...one was completely gone and the other was being chewed down as I watched. She was also still in the hive walking around and laying good. Wander why they changed their minds after being so far along with queen cells. Or do you think they are still superseding her and there is a virgin queen in the hive along with her? I just left them alone yesterday.  I also found out the hard way yesterday that I have a hive that absolutely WILL NOT TOLERATE  the weed eater!!
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TheHoneyPump

#21
May 08, 2020, 11:26:43 AM
Ooooioh yeah! It does not matter what bees you have.  The meanest or the calmest.  When the whipper snipper comes out and gets near the hive entrance they all go absolutely nuts.  Suit up!   Must be the pitch of vibration of the snipper cords that does it. 
When the lid goes back on, the bees will spend the next 3 days undoing most of what the beekeeper just did to them.

CoolBees

#22
May 08, 2020, 12:57:17 PM
Quote from: Fishing-Nut on May 08, 2020, 10:32:42 AM...  I also found out the hard way yesterday that I have a hive that absolutely WILL NOT TOLERATE  the weed eater!!

My observations on this are:

My bees don't bother me about the Weeder as long as: I move thru quickly, AND I don't clip one of the heavily loaded workers that missed the landing board and ended up in the grass. As soon as I hit one, I'm guessing she sets off the alarm and they pick up on that right quick!  :grin:

I have my hives set about 20" off the ground on stands. I use a Gas powered weed eater. They shy away from the exhaust. .... on an addition note - I tried a Torch to burn weeds around the stands instead. That didn't work either - bees were dropping dead out of the air from the heat as they came in from the fields. I stopped that quick! :embarassed:
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iddee

#23
May 08, 2020, 01:40:51 PM
My gas weed eater has choke, half-choke, and run positions. On half-choke, I can cut all around the hives with no problem. The minute I turn it to run, I better do just that. They will cover me up.
"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me . . . Anything can happen, child. Anything can be"

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Fishing-Nut

#24
May 08, 2020, 02:31:08 PM
The hive next to it did nothing.....this hive came pouring out like they were on fire and chased me all the way to my bee suit!!
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CoolBees

#25
May 08, 2020, 02:51:40 PM
Quote from: Fishing-Nut on May 08, 2020, 02:31:08 PM
.....this hive came pouring out like they were on fire and chased me all the way to my bee suit!!

:grin: ... I'd check them for queenright-ness - just in case.
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Fishing-Nut

#26
May 08, 2020, 03:16:00 PM
Cool bees they are definitely queen right. Just a little mean. I actually like them to be mean (ish) ....not downright nasty....just a little on the mean side
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CoolBees

#27
May 08, 2020, 04:16:21 PM
Quote from: Fishing-Nut on May 08, 2020, 03:16:00 PM
Cool bees they are definitely queen right. Just a little mean. I actually like them to be mean (ish) ....not downright nasty....just a little on the mean side

Good deal. I just thought I'd mention it.

I agree with you. I like the bees to have a little "spirit". Those seem to be more productive. ... to me so far.
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