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Re: swarm on ground
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Phil Moore <[log in to unmask]>
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Phil Moore <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 24 May 2005 15:08:44 +0100
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> Ted said:
> clipped queen.
>
> I could not find a queen in the other two swarms. Maybe I got a queen
> yesterday. I will smoke the swarm through an excluder and see if the queen
> is clipped. Thanks!
>


I had a swarm on the ground this year which had a virgin, it was close to
the hive it came from but had to cross 2 sheep fences and 20m of rough
grass.

I have seen this before in Hemel Hempsted (UK) on a golf course in open
shrub land.

regards Phil Moore

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