>Chuck Norton wrote:
>> I have noticed, talked to other beekeepers, and have also learned at
>> several different bee meetings about an unusual amount of small fall
>> swarms here in North Carolina and Southern Virginia.
What about absconding from varroa riddled colonies, with a dwindled
workforce? I have seen small swarms in the summer. One was a virgin with
a couple of hundred bees, which came to a bait hive. Another covered
less than 2 frames, but was a mated queen, though this may have been
from an overcrowded nuc.
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James Kilty

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