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Re: Does inclement weather affect afterswarms?
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Peter Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 13 May 2009 22:44:34 +0100
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Waldemar:
> And what tells the swarming bees without a queen to gather in a particular 
> spot?

Who knows - but a swarm trying to issue from a colony with a clipped queen 
will usually start to form a loose cluster on a nearby branch before it 
returns to the hive.
Best wishes

Peter Edwards
beekeepers at stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk
www.stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk/

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