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I came home this a.m. to find a ball of bees (basketball) hanging from a
tomato plant near my greenhouse about 20 feet from my 2 hives. Within 3
minutes I had gathered up a hive body and some drawn comb. Too late. When I
came back they were leaving. I followed them for about 1/2 mile but as I
climb a fence and looked back up, they were gone and I could not find them.
What do I do now? I was intending to make splits and my new queens are to
arrive next week. Can I still do this? I opened both hives and cannot tell
which one swarmed. They are both full of bees, brood, honey, pollen. I mean
full. 1 deep, 1 medium, each full of brood and honey. I had given them a
medium to make more room and they drew the comb and filled them with honey
pollen and some drone brood. So I gave them another deep to draw that comb.
They did sin the empty deep over the inner cover where I feed them, I gave
them some more foundation and they are working on it.
I cant keep up with them. Help!
Richard
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