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Re: Hived swarm had other ideas
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Eugene Makovec <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 20 May 2003 06:07:49 -0700
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> I suspect you missed the queen.  I had a similar
> experience last week, but I
> successfully hived them on the second try.

But it was so easy! I brushed the whole cluster into
the box in 3 swipes, leaving only the airborne ones.
Is it possible the queen took flight as I was dumping
them in? And why, then, did the bees wait a few
minutes to come out of the nuc box, after acting so
much like the queen was inside?

Eugene

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