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Offline schawee

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SUPERSEDURE AND TRYING TO SWARM
« on: April 12, 2010, 11:53:58 pm »
TODAY I WENT IN MY NEW BEE YARD TO CHECK ON MY BEES .I PLACED A SPLIT THERE LAST WEEK WITH SUPERSEDURE CELLS IN THEM.WHEN I WAS THERE THE BEES STARTED TO SWARM.THEY LANDED IN A SMALL TREE.I LEFT TO GET A BOX TO PUT THEM IN .WHEN I RETURNED I DECIDED TO PUT THEM IN A NUC .WHEN I WAS SETTING UP ,THE BEES STARTED TO LEAVE AND GO BACK TO THE HIVE,THEY ALL WENT IN.THIS SPLIT HAD NO QUEEN IN IT NO EGGS OR LARVA ,ONLY 2 FRAMES WITH 3 SUPERSEDURE CELLS ON 1 AND 2 ON THE OTHER.I COULD SMELL A LEMON SCENT WHEN THEY WERE ON THE BRANCH AND IN THE HIVE.I LOOKED FOR 2 HOURS FOR THE QUEEN AND DID NOT FIND HER.WHEN I HAD THE FRAME WITH THE 3 SUPERSEDURE CELLS ON THEM AND YOU CAN HERE FROM 2 CELLS PIPING FROM THE QUEENS INSIDE THEM.THE OTHER FRAME HAD 1 QUEEN PIPING FROM IT TOO.I DECIDED TO SPLIT THEM AND TAKE THE NUC WITH THE 2 QUEEN CELLS TO MY OTHER YARD.I COULD STILL SMELL LEMON SCENT IN THE OTHER HIVE WITH THE 3 QUEEN CELLS IN IT. DID I DO THE RIGHT THING BY SPLITING THEM AGAIN AND DO YOU THINK IT HAVE A QUEEN IN THE HIVE THAT WILL LEAVE WHEN THE NEW QUEEN HATCH?   ...SCHAWEE
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