Hello all
Here's a conundrum for you. At least it appears to be one to me....
I was looking through a colony that I got about a week or so ago as a
swarm. So far only 4 frames have brood in them. On one frame I saw at
least 4 Queen cells. All but one were at or near the bottom of the frame,
and the other was half way up. So they should be considered Swarm Cells;
but why would a very recent swarm, swarm again, especially when there is a
lot of room in the colony and 6 frames not even drawn out yet?
Any thoughts?
Ian Watson [log in to unmask]
St. Catharines, Canada (near Niagara Falls)
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beekeeper---> 7 colonies, 3 nucs on order