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Date: | Fri, 23 May 1997 11:21:00 -0400 |
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Hello all,
Last Sunday, due to my own negligence and procrastination in taking the
appropriate actions, my two hives swarmed. I have two Buckfast hives,
one in three deeps, both having queen excluders and two supers on. My
question is this: my two hives produced three simultaneous swarms!! I
haven't been in to check the queen cells yet (nasty weather and too
busy), but is it possible that I had two queens in one of my hives
without knowing it?? From everything I've read, the new virgins don't
hatch out until appx. a week after the primary swarm has issued (I heard
"piping" in both my established hives last night, so I assume the new
queens have arrived). It just doesn't make sense to me. Can someone
enlighten me??
Thanks,
Kevin Palm
Grafton, Ohio
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