My queen bank swarms, goes out into my field, whirls around for 10 minutes
and then returns. The queens in the bank pipe like crazy through the whole
thing. It has happened 3 times, I need to reduce their strength. I wish I
had started filming when I pulled the cover off, the entrance isn't big and
I happen to be in the yard and see those first few bees come out and start
flying
​in
 the circular pattern I have seen the
​m​
do when they are going to swarm. Then they all
​went
 for the entrance at once so I pull
​ed​
off the lid and they all
​ flew in

to the air at once it is amazing how fast the hive empties. The entrance
​reminded me of the videos I have seen
 when the doors open at Wal-Mart on Black Friday and I can just imagine how
crushing it is that is w
​h​
y I pull
​ed​
the lid.

Here is
​ the​
 video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1gjupB8X9o

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