>
> He reports a cluster still in residence making it unlikely they are
> absconding.
>
>
> We see lots of late-season absconding from parasite and disease loads here
in California. One thing I have noticed with these is that there are
usually a handful of nurse bees that will stay due to the presence of
brood. If you look inside and there are no swarm cells, spotty or diseased
brood, common sense would tell me its an abscond.
Jennifer Berry,
Sausalito CA
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