However why did they swarm when they did? Just get overcrowded
late in the
game, or is there a problem (mites?) that makes them act odd?
-Mike
I haven't found any sign of mites yet. The colony started out in the
spring as a split. It was doing quite well, by late august it had filled
two shallow supers. Interesting enough the day I went to pull the
honey was the day I found the swarm. They took enough of the honey
with them that I didn't dare remove any of the remaining honey from
the old colony.