Hi Al
 
Yes, that makes sense.  As far as the hive with two queens, I looked inside
yesterday and there is brood already, I guess from the first swarm's queen
and there was so evidence of the second one....Maybe she and her bees left
and went somewhere else?...
 
Anyhow, Thanks,
 
Ian Watson      [log in to unmask]
St. Catharines, Canada   (near Niagara Falls)
real estate agent    gardener    homebrewer    baritone
beekeeper---> 7 colonies, 3 nucs on order
 
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> From: Albert W Needham <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: disappearing bees...
> Date: Saturday, June 07, 1997 9:14 PM
>
> Ian:
>
> Addendum to below:
>
> Perhaps the other half of the big swarm that you put elsewhere
> had their queen in it and so they went where they belonged. You
> actually had two queens in one hive and one in the other (the
> small swarm). The real question is what happened in the hive
> with the two queens? Remember you said you took half of
> the large swarm and mixed it in with another swarm?
> ...........................
>
> Those that you saw all marching in, obviously didn't
> care for the accomodations, and they all marched
> out for elsewheres. :-) They found your Three Star
> Rating misleading!
>
> Al,
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, 7 Jun 1997 20:14:13 -0400 Ian Watson <[log in to unmask]>
> writes:
> >Hi all
> >
> >This being swarm season, I got a call that my bees, strangely enough,
> >had
> >swarmed.  Fancy that...;)
> >I found a rather small swarm on a small tree about 20 feet from the
> >colonies, and a very large one about 40 feet away, 20 feet up in an
> >old
> >pear tree.  Since I only had one empty hive with me, I hived the small
> >one
> >and then roughly split the large one between the small swarm and
> >another
> >swarm that I had picked up last week.  Now when I was out at the
> >Beeyard
> >this afternoon to feed them, I noticed that the hive with the small
> >swarm
> >and part of the larger swarm seemed to have only the small swarm in
> >it, or
> >even less.  There are only enough bees to not quite cover two frames.
> >My
> >brother Robert found the queen, so that's one good thing.  Now, the
> >question is this: Where did all those extra bees go that I dumped in
> >front
> >of the hive?...I saw them all march in, so I know they were there at
> >one
> >time.
> >It's a mystery to me...
> >
> >Any comments would be appreciated
> >
> >Ian Watson      [log in to unmask]
> >St. Catharines, Canada   (near Niagara Falls)
> >real estate agent    gardener    homebrewer    baritone
> >beekeeper---> 7 colonies, 3 nucs on order
> >