>Regarding secondary swarms, when it occurs, do the bees leave to join the      
>original swarm, or do they take the remaining queen with them, thereby         
>leaving the hive in a queenless state?                                         
                                                                                
Secondary swarms are independant, and do not join the main swarm, as that       
will have gone days before. Secondary swarms are usually mating swarms, as      
such have their own queens. The mother hive could be considerd queenless as     
all that would be left would be sealed cells.                                   
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