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Swarm Behavior
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Russ Litsinger <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 30 Apr 2023 02:54:02 +0000
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>There are other possibilities...

While it may not apply to this specific situation, I have observed multiple instances of swarms re-bivouacing before selecting a final cavity.

Similar to a Russian Scion (with all due respect tol all Russians everywhere), the swarm may have been looking for a new place to cluster and the location and scent of the stack was appealing.

When the drawn comb was made available to them, they couldn't resist.


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