In the area I live, northeast Kansas, swarming has been unusually bad
for everyone, I guess because it was an unusually wet spring.  The
swarms were all very late for this area, all after June 1.  Five of my six
hives swarmed, one in mid July.
 
All of my hives that swarmed ended up queenless.  I have heard many
other beekeepers in the area have had the same  problem.  What causes
queenlessness after a swarm.  My hives that swarmed all had empty
queen cells in them.  Where did the queens go?
 
                                             -Steve Phillips-
                                               -Perry, KS-
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